My Journey Poem by Lauren Rooney

I need to leave and get away,
my heart just needs to fly.
I need to break this cycle,
of letting life just pass me by.

To do something somewhere new,
where i can start afresh.
To make friends who truly care for me,
that i don't burden like the rest.

To see some things I have never see,
to live life out on my own.
To discover new ideas, and create ones of my own.

I need to be in a situation,
I am frightened going in,
I need to challenge myself
instead of living at the brim.

I need to feel I've pushed myself
and that i can succeed.
To make it where i know no-one,
and where i can be me.

Although i know I'll leave behind
a lot of things I love,
absence makes the heart grow fonder,
thats what I'm thinking off.

I'm far away from loved ones,
but my love everyday grows,
and you'll never be far from my thoughts,
more than you'll ever know.