There
aren’t many times in my life
Where I’ve
felt comfortable
Where I’ve
felt welcome
I’ve spent
most of it feeling horrible
Believing
the poison people told me
I
eventually started living as if it was true
I lost who
I was in the pursuit of being their version of better
I held
back my God given talents
Because
they weren’t good enough
So I was
told
Blocked
out my instincts to live what I was told was the right way
I breathed
in their toxic words
Trying
hard to move past the suffocation
Mired in
the quicksand
I couldn’t
see past my desperate need to feel loved and wanted
To fit in
To make
them all see
There was
nothing wrong with me
I could be
like them
I could be
beautiful
I could be
popular
I could be
rich
I could
say the right things
Wear the
right clothes
I could be
just like them
But I
tried and failed
I was
never meant to be anyone other than me
It took a
blow to the head to realize this
To have
the reality of who I truly am dawn on me
I finally
saw how shallow they all were
How I was
better off different
How I
wasn’t the problem
My life is
my own to live
My own to
make
My heart
is my own to please
And the
sky’s the limit for me
I can rise
above all they throw at me
I can be
better than their best
I just
have to choose what’s right for me
I have to
live my life for me
I was
created to be exactly who I am
I was
never meant to be someone else
I was
never meant to be like anything ever created
I was
created unique and perfectly me
It’s a
hard thing to realize
Sometimes
hard to swallow
That
fitting in isn’t a requirement for happiness
Fitting
comfortably in one’s own skin is all that’s needed
Being
happy with yourself
That’s all
Easier
said than done
I’ve
learned this the hard way
It’s easy
to live their lie than your own truth
That’s
what they want you to think
Honestly
you can’t be anything other than yourself
You can’t
fail at being you
It’s
innately ingrained into your being
Every cell
in your body
Every
memory in your brain
And every
spark in your soul
Everything
that you love is purely you
Everything
you say and do is all you
To be them
is like wearing something several sizes too small
It just
doesn’t fit
It won’t
ever fit
But your
own skin grows
Stretches
and covers you comfortably
Holds you
in place
Keeps you
sane
Hugs you
beautifully so
You don’t
have to alter your own personality
You don’t
have to cut and tear apart who you are to make it fit
It just
simply does
It’s love
of yourself that keeps it strong
Keeps it
intact
Keeps it
whole
It’s love
of yourself that keeps your truth shinning
It’s
always better to be yourself
It makes
this world more colorful and beautiful
You make
this world more beautiful
Just the
way you are
Here is the link to my publisher's site where people can get a signed print
copy. They just have to leave a comment when purchasing that they want it
signed before shipping. :-)
©2012Simone Frances Reed
