Born to Win

 

BY LYNN PETRONELLA

DEDICATED TO THE WORLD'S GREATEST WOMAN ON EARTH....

 THE STATUE OF LIBERTY !TO HONOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

AND START HER FOUNDATION ATHLETTES FOR CHARITIES

WORLDWIDE

Written by Lynn Petronella ex- world class marathoner (on track to win the first woman's marathon in l980 when it was boycotted )

Lynn Petronella went on to form ATHLETTES ( the feminine version for

athlete see www.athlettes.com) and coach Joan Benoit to her historic gold medal win in the first woman's Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles in l984.

Ms. Petronella has been an active spokesperson for the Trademarked Slogan

THE WORLD's GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT ... BIRTH (R) and

particularly AMERICAN woman through her red, white and blue

clothing line, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS for mothers and her

ATHLETTES FOUNDATION for women and children. She currently

resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her dog NIKE.

I am a woman who tries to be strong,

Who strives to be different and sing her own song.

I am a woman who wants more from life

Than to marry, have children and be someone's wife--

I am a woman who has goals and dreams- I can even be devious and make business schemes.

I am a woman who'll never say can't,

I'll work and I'll struggle, I'll rage and I'll rant!

I am a woman who must do it her way,

No matter the odds or what people say.

I am a woman with one life to live,

With much to receive, but much more to give.

(2)

I am a woman who must seek her path.

To follow it's turns, it's disappointments, it's wrath!

I am a woman who runs her own race,

Regardless of pressures, I'll pick up my pace.

I am woman who must go it alone-

Without the comforts of a man or a home.

I am a woman who cries in the night,

For fear and for loneliness, I've injustices to right.

I am a woman who longs to be free

To soar like a bird and truly be me.

I am a woman who'll stick by her word.

No matter how others may think it absurd.

I am a woman who'll someday find love,

From someone who truly can see what I'm of...

I am a woman who's learned to wait,

To persevere and yet challenge her fate.

I am a woman who has more to learn,

Before I settle down to simmer and burn.

I am a woman who's made out of fire,

Who's quick to temper and slow to tire.

I am a woman who wants just one man,

To marry and cherish and live off the land.

(3)

I am a woman who looks to tomorrow,

With hope and with courage --I've no time for sorrow.

I am a woman with time to be spent.

Some I have borrowed -- others I've lent.

I am a woman who gets just one try.

To be and become or let life slip by.

I am a woman with dreams to fulfill,

With anguish to conquer and anger to kill.

I am a woman with many miles to go

Before I can rest or ever say no.

I am a woman with a place here on earth,

To ponder and question the meaning of my birth.

I am a woman with no time to waste...

I must use my time wisely--not always with haste.

I am a woman with will and with drive.

Who wants to succeed, feel vibrant...alive.

I am a woman with vigor and vivre

A woman of passion, a woman of nerve,

I am a woman in search of her soul...

To make my own being into it's true whole.

I am a woman who knows how to fight.

But often is lonely when sleeping at night.

(4)

I am a woman who will never stop

For anything less than right at the top.

I am a woman who has many a face,

A woman who's learned to put each in it's place.

I am a woman who feels strong and proud,

A woman who wants to break out of the crowd.

I am a woman with guts and with strength.

A woman of love, of warmth and of hate.

I am a woman of worry and fears,

A woman of laughter, a woman of tears.

I am a woman in search of a smile...

While moving along a long painful mile.

I am a woman who hopes for the best...Who shoots for the stars and rides the waves crest.

I am a woman who runs through the trees,

Who stumbles and falls and scrapes both her knees.

I am a woman who's mistakes are my own...

But who's awards they'll applaud and condone.

I am a woman, complex incomplete

Who's struggling to walk and stand on her feet.

I am a woman who'll push on through the night

To make what is wrong into something that's right.

(5)

I am a woman of many places,

A woman of many religions and races.

I am a woman inside of this flesh...

Full of contradictions so difficult to mesh

I am a woman who must walk on tall,

With family and friends to seek out when I'm low.

I am a woman who's had good times and bad-

A woman of laughter and times which were sad.

I am a woman who's seen much of life,

A woman who knows how to cope with the strife.

I am a woman with much yet to do.

A woman who wants for me and for YOU!

Yes, I am a woman and glad I am here,

A woman to reckon with, but never to fear.

I am a woman who wants her fair share.

A woman who'll try her best just to care.

I am a woman who'll succeed in this life,

THEN I'll settle down and be someone's wife.

I am a woman who when I say "I do"

Will want the respect and love that's her due.

Because I am a woman with much life to live--

I have my share to receive but so much more to give.

I am a woman who wants her man,

To love and to cherish her,

To be gentle as he can.

I am a woman who wants love to grow,

To flourish and flower and never let it go.

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I am a woman who wants to create,

A woman who wants to place love where there's hate.

I am a woman who needs to be kissed,

A woman who wants someone loyal who's missed.

I am a woman who needs to share fun,

To go for a meal - to take a long run.

I am a woman who's expectations are high,

I can't settle for less, I'd know it's a lie.

I am a woman in search of my truth,

In search of perfection, my beauty my youth.

I am a woman of no regrets,

A woman of many false worries and frets.

I am a woman who never looks back-

Who's come to the lead from out of the pack

I am a woman who wants to be counted,

Not just as a prize or possession to be touted.

I am a woman with wrongs to right.

With battles to wage and wars to fight.

I am a woman who hungers for more,

I can't see the end or know what's in store.

I am a woman and when my song is sung,

Will have others to join me who've only just begun.

Because I am a woman who's paved her own way.

To find my own happiness each and every day.

I am a woman with luck on my side,

With friends to help me and God as my guide.

For I am a woman who will never give in--

Because I am a woman who's been BORN TO WIN!

 

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