I Am For Me Alone

If I am not for me

Then who will be?

I know I'm on my own

My decisions and words

Are mine alone

As much as others

Have influence

It pulls me 

This way and that

I remember

That I can untie

Any knot I choose

So i can stand steady

On my own

I understand 

I am not perfect

I understand

I am not G-d

I understand

I do have struggles

Some beyond my control

But even then

I am for me

Alone

My struggle then

Is that much harder

But my reward from G-d

Is that much greater

And if I cannot stand steady

On my own

Then I can seek help

And accept

That the world goes round

No one is perfect

And everyone

In his own time

Needs help

Simply to stand

Thank You G-d

That my turn came now

When life is still young

And the future still bright

Thank You G-d

For supporting me

For giving me a support system

And for giving me

This clarity

If I am not for me

No one else will be

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written May 2011