You are sacrificing so much to follow your dreams.

I wonder if any one really understands the price that you pay.

I admire your strength and determination.

For I am some one you have meet along the way.

But please don?t make the mistakes

That others have done

Don?t lose your feelings in the coldness of sexuality.

Or that social narcotic called fun.

Don?t make wealth your only goal.

For this is an empty dream.

Who will hold your hand?

While you watch a summer sunset.

Who will wipe the tears from your eyes?

Who will hold you?

When the cold winds return.

For there will be many that will be

Attracted to your beauty.

But so very few who will ever touch your soul.

For whatever successes you have.

And I know their will be many.

No one can take away the riches you already have.

For the riches you have, no money can buy.

For they are the riches and beauty,

That come from with in.

Wallace - you are so right, but sadly in this case the friend in question was thinking of being a working girl so she could make lots of money-the mistakes was the life style that working girls get can get caught up in .......The friend in question went on and became a working girl...but died of a drug overdose 2 years ago ...she was 24 ,

No problems Wallace you where not to know......the other sad thing is they cant get out of the industry easily .....what do they put on their rusume ....for the last two years I worked as a hooker???

Wallace Please read journal entry red light .....I kept in contact with this friend all the way through . Paid for her drug treatment ....and was the one that found her after she dissapeared for three days......I have 3-4 more poems writtin that I gave to her over this time ....I will share them with TF as if I can help just one person ....her death wont have been in vain

beautiful poem.

Anyway....this line....i do not understand.....

And I know "their" will be many.

is it "there"?

duanja - Thank you are right...thank you did this at 5.00am this morning with out my morning coffee ....