The New Woman

The new woman, is a poem I wrote back in 1984, when aged about 18 or 19, and it served a very important part of my life.  Even though I was still relatively young at the time, it spoke of a time yet to come, that I would experience, it is also the only poem that I have had published.

Looking back now, it's almost as if I had foreseen a point in my future life, when these words would ring true.  And that is exactly where I find myself now.  So here goes:

The New Woman 

It’s a brand new day

And a brand new life for me!

No more turning back the pages

To repeat an episode

That I have already played.

I can never be the person

That you want me to be

So love me for who I am

And what I hope to be

I can’t rectify my past mistakes

Or pretend that they were never made

I will give no more of me

Than you give to me

I do not need promises

As I shall make none

Promises are made to be broken

As dreams are made to bend and stretch

I will ask no more of you

Than you ask of me

Say, as you will

And do, as you will

For I shall expect to do the same

Come not to me for soothing

Unless you can return the same favour

After all, we are only human

And life is no easier

If we burden each other.

Sx