Did You Know Me?

Did you know me?
I did not think so.
Do I know me?
I thought I did.
But time is showing that
you probably knew me better
than I knew myself.

You encouraged me,
had faith in me; you've
never given up on me.
And time again I've relied
on you.
And I'm glad you're my friend.

I'm glad you knew my strengths
and weaknesses.
I'm glad you saw my fears.
Because, in looking back, I see
you showed them all to me;
you taught me about myself.
And I knew I would have eventually
learned what I had the potential to be,
but I've learned that potential
sooner than I ever had imagined.
And I know it's because someone
- you - believed in me and made me
live the life that I was meant to live -
to give to life all that
I could give.

I think it's important for you to know
it took someone like you to help me grow;
to be the wonderful person I am;
to know what it is to be a friend.
And I thank you.

Did you really know me?
I'd have to say yes.
And do I really know myself?
It is no guess that I do now,
thanks to you and all that I have the
potential to be.
For the first time I feel like
I really know me.


copywrited by Stephanie October 12, 1989