Ways Of Our Lives *reposted*

A corner filled with baseball cards,
The bookcase plied high,
Clothes spilling out the closet door,
Enough to make her mother sigh.

Ribbons, medals, trophies,
Show successes of past days.
Uniquely set about the room,
Remind those of her ways.

CD's tottering windowsill.
Radio playing her favorite song.
Walkman in the dresser drawer.
These help keep her spirit strong.

Paintings, pictures, posters,
Covering the once white walls,
Show her love of things.
Outside florescent lit halls.

Messy, cozy, all her own.
Ways to call the space around you.
Her world, her fortress, home.
The place to keep her happy and true.

There's something else on the wall.
A calendar filled with black.
Everyday of hers is taken,
Meant not to make you laugh.

All these things show her life,
And what she wishes it to be.
A dreamer, a writer, a Yankee fan.
She's not just any girl, she's me.