POETRY

All I Have to Give
by Greg Davis
All I have to give you
is me.
And for the first time
That seems to be enough.
I have
carried the weight
of long term debt,
From being the person
I never was or could ever be.
I have sold
myself
far too cheap,
To those who thought me a bargain,
requiring such small investments from them.
I have
redecorated to other's taste,
Painted over who I am,
In the hope of attracting
What I found I never wanted.
But you
have let me come
Unadorned, without lies
To you or myself,
With no debts to collect
Or IOUs of the heart
That I could never repay.
So I am
free
To be the man I am,
And to let you see me
Naked in the day.
All I have
to give is me
You have never asked for else.
So I give you all you ask,
And in such giving,
Find myself becoming more.
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