Freedom by Cecilia Loftus

 

Freedom by Cecilia Loftus

I found this clipping of a poem in amongst my Great Grandaunts papers.  

FREEDOMI can go on my way without your aid,
    And lift a fearless face up to the sky,

    Singing a song of thanks that I am I

To the kind gods who made me unafraid.

Sometimes the lonely journey has seemed long,

    And I have thought and feared I needed you,

    But you have taught me what I knew was true,

That only Solitude could make me strong.

        --Cecilia Loftus, in Collier's