In Our Own Way

Identity is something every child struggles with, as simply a normal part of growing into an adult.
Who am I, what shall I become, what is my place in the world?
There's the added weight of the expectations of the adults in the child's life, trying to direct and steer them into the directions the adults feel is best.
Then there's the military child.
All of the struggles, the weight, with the added weight and stress of the label of military dependent.
Who are they, what will they become, and how will they get there?

Blankness is a darkness that falls on ourselves.
Darkness is light.
But  seen a different way.

Light is the fire that burns us.
Determination.
We keep these in our hearts.

We think.
But in our own way.
And they say we are all special.
In our own way.

We love.
In our own way.

We are special.
We just need a chance to realize it.