Being Me

I'm loved and free
     and allowed to be.
The IPA has helped me see,
     I'm good enough just being me.

The restraints are off,
     there's no holding me back,
It's even okay
     when I run off the track.

I know what to do
     whenever I get stuck.
I don't have to stay
     in all of the muck.

I just stay connected
     to what I feel,
That's what it takes,
     it keeps me real.

There's one small ingredient
     that has helped me through
And that is the love I have
     for me and for you.

These poems appeared in the Fall 2003 IPA Newsletter.