Ode to my 30's

Today is my last day of being in my "30's".  I will no longer be "pushing 40", for I will BE 40.  This blog is dedicated to those wonderous years of pain and victory.  I fought against self-doubt and low confidence.  Thank you, 30's!  To you I dedicate this poem.  

Ode To My 30's

Oh, thou wretched decade!

Why hast thou despised this maiden?

Gripped with the futility of grief;

wrapped in the arms of despair I struggled.

Flailing with thine adversarial torment.

Wrangling with doubt;

Slaying the demons which crippled my soul.

But, ALAS!

Liberation has indeed prevailed!

Victory has sounded throughout the land!

This fair vanquisher of evil subdued doubt;

for it cowers before her.

Fear is cast aside;

Out of the ashes rises strength;

for can one harm a sword of steel? Nay.

For this I thank you, decade Trigenta;

autonomy is mine forever.

None shall take away my freedom;

nor shall they take away my happiness

of which I took so long to build.

In my beautiful shelter of which I reign supreme.

Oh, thou most glorious decade!