It Resides Within…

My life does have meaning
It matters to me
My presence is important to others
I am needed
Things sure have changed
Never used to think like this
Always too focused on me
On what I see and know
So meaning never found me
It never was given to me
Living that way ate at me
Killing me each day from the inside
Close it came to killing me
I stopped myself though
Took a good long look in the mirror
Found what I was missing
That meaning I was searching for
It was always there
Residing within me.