I Have Never
I have never been delicately dainty,
Never fragile, never one to back down-
I have never been one to follow trends,
Or the whims of popularity's crown--

I have never been the distressed damsil,
The need for a man I've never known-
I have never needed any but One,
With whome I stand alone--

I've never dared to dream a dream,
I thought would not come true-
And never found doubt in the whispers of Courage,
Lover who dances True--

I have never been more alive then when dead,
Or beautiful when eyes were closed-
Never singing along to the songs the dead are forced to,
I sing the notes Sweet Glory wrote--

I have never dwelled on nightmare's dares,
Nor lent an ear to future fear chanting failure's near-
I have never been to the line others crossed,
In Faith I'll find favor here--

I have never been the music's angel,
The beauty or the elequent Guinevere fair-
I have never found favor in the eyes of men's religion,
For I have not a spirit of fear--

Though I have not been a great many things,
Though I am ever so far from ideal--
I am the dreamer of dreams, writer who sings near,
Musician who believes her-
I am the edge-defiant, trend-setting riot,
I pray will change the world and its ideals--

I may have never--
But I will.