Karma

I asked for love
What did I do wrong
I thought I had found it at last
Only to see a replay of the past

With my life in rewind
I fear what I’ll find
More nightmares to come
From a past that’s redone

I stand in my place and I will not move
I am who I am I have nothing to prove
The world and his wife can go to hell
I know what matters I know it well

I came here to be all that I can
I never came to change another man
I came here to learn of the me inside
I never came here to lie I never came here to hide

The person I am was mine to mould
The story of me is mine to have told
No have to’s, no couldn’ts, no external force
My freedom of choice has determined my course

Our actions are ours
Guided by karma and scars

• Jane Burd
  2009