The Need To Be Unhinged

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" background="/herojourney/images/swirlgrey.gif"> <p> </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="490" height="153"> <tr> <td width="18" height="20"></td> <td height="20" width="450"> <font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>Nevertheless,  I stood my ground...<br> or rather I sat.</b></font> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>Right there, where the child had left me. I sat for what seemed a very long time.</b></font></p> <p align="right"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>Was it years or only moments <br> that passed all around me?</b></font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>And as I sat, I began to see visions of what I had always  hoped might one day be. Though rusty, the doors of my heart began to utter creaks and groans. Slowly, the doors swung their yawning, dormant way wide open! </b></font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>Tears were  flowing upward from my throat. A fountian of  losses,  griefs, and pains.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>And then I could hear the echo of the steel trap poised  to slam shut as it had so many times before.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>But this time, the gentle, loving Light and the memory of a singing child  gave me courage to continue on my way. For a season...</b></font></p> <p align="right"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" ><b>A little unhinged, I squared my shoulders  <br> and stood to face the new day.</b></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#0080C0" ><b> </b></font></p> <p> <p align="left">  </p> </td> <td height="20" width="18">    </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18" height="20"></td> <td height="20" width="450"></td> <td height="20" width="18"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18" height="20"></td> <td height="20" width="450"> <p align="center"> </td> <td height="20" width="18">  <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18" height="20"></td> <td height="20" width="450">  <p> </td> <td height="20" width="18"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18" height="20"></td> <td height="20" width="450"></td> <td height="20" width="18"></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </body>