Welcome to the training ground,
Full of excitement

Say hello to the abyss,
The loneliest time of your life

Here you can learn how to appreciate your friends

Here you will get the sense of something "missing"

Rise to greet the multitude of opportunities
To help those in need and
Guide them to the Light

Face that man in the mirror
With the realization that perhaps
Only half a man is staring back

Learn how to stand outside in the rain
Using love as an umbrella
To cover the whole
Of humanity

Acknowledge what's necessary to outstretch under the faucet
Your devotion as a cup
To offer it solely the one
Of your dreams

Running into God's loving arms is just a prayer away

Stepping through the minefield of doubts is just one wrong step under your foot

Commitment is a luxury,
Something to get used to

You can only be by yourself
For so long...

Welcome to the delight,

Loneliness,

Preparation,

Confusion,

Content-ness of "the present,"

Desire for "the future,"

Of being single.

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