Poem for Oprah

Oprah’s Gift



You are one of a kind, you are changing people’s lives,

I hope that one day, I can give you a high five.

The message you are sending, to all of us out there,

Is that we can live our dreams, if only we dare.

We just have to search our souls, and allow our spirits to fly,

It only takes desire, then we can stop living a lie.

Just knowing that other people, feel exactly like I do,

Makes me realize I can change, that I can be joyful too.

I now have the strength to move ahead,

To reach into my heart and not my head,

I now feel excited to get out of bed,

My soul is on fire cuz now it’s being fed.



So thank you dear Oprah,

You’ll always be special to me,

You’ve given the world a gift,

You have set us free.





Lori Krein

October 15, 1998