At 17......

At 17..well I left Hamburg high...

Courageous and frightened...
The two emotions became one....
I was so focused on succeeding...
I rarely ever had fun...
No life...
Just a plan....
No man or time for friends...
Gazing into the life of the "happy"....
It wasn't until I left home and began to touch the lives of Somebody else....
Too many people in the caf...so I ate alone....
Worked my ass off because I couldn't just go "home"....
Never making direct eye contact with my peers....
When they saw me they saw confidence...
I looked in the mirror...all I saw was fear(s)...
Insecurities, pain, terror.....
A myriad of stress..
But look at me...I made it...
Powerful, strong, with a S on my chest.