This is all I know to be.

I have a dream that must come true.  A vision and a fire burning deep within that those will remember when they think of me.

I choose to follow my own destiny.

I choose to follow my own dreams.

Taking a stand to control my own heart and head.  Doing what is right for me, living and loving according to my own judgement.

Some see one face.

Some see the face that changes.

There are many sides to me and together we must follow the road that lies ahead.  The journey where the storm never ends. 

There is a power in me.

There is a strength within.

My fate is in the winds but every ounce of me must see it through this journey that carries me on to eternity.

Determined to find my way.

Determined to overcome the obstacles.

Carrying faith in who I am regardless of the doubts that creep into my thoughts, always being true to me.

I know what I have to be.

I know what has value to me.

Born knowing that I carry the qualities to be a social sparkling star but preferring my own periods of quiet solitude.

I am as gentle as soft blowing breeze.

I am as wild as the winds of a tornado.

Confusing those who only see one or two faces that are me.   Unpredictable in the face that will emerge as the outcome of the turning of a card.

I must choose to live.

I must choose to give all that I can.

Accept me, love me, understand me, ignore me, hate me, it is the voice inside that matters.  My song has to be sung, I must see it through.

I have been high and I have been low.

I have been quiet and I have been heard.

If you love me, care for me, trust me, respect me, accept what I am.   Understand me if you can but if not allow me to be honest with who I am.

                       Cheryl C. Helynck

                                   1998