Ruins You Say, I Say Not

               You may see my life in ruins if you knew where I had been just a few years ago. You would see I had more friends than I could count while now I can count on one hand those I call friend. I had boys coming back around after I’d tossed them aside. I was confident and sure of whom I was at the time. I am different now. I am wary of boys who come back because broken promises are all I ever find. I have fewer friends because I kept in touch with the true blue ones while steering away for the ones on paths I did not want to take.  I grew into the responsibility of adulthood while many shrank from it with booze and drugs. It is neither here nor there.  I do not see ruins. I see a strong foundation for the future I hope to have.