It's good - exercises like these, if not only for getting the feelings out and seeing them in a different light... it's probably more helpful for you than it is others, but as i've experienced, most writing is. i kinda disagree, however, with your conclusion. i think you need to take charge and change yuour life to suit yourself, not grit your teeth as it changes around you.. this poem, id have to say, is pretty cliche, but we've all fallen into the trap.. only advice i have is next time write more cohesively so the piece exudes more of an air of completion, and spice up the language - throw a few verbs in, some adjectives - in writing, they're your best friends, but mjust as well can they turn out your enemy.. keep writing, and do it from the heart.. pZ