Why do we hide from ourselves? I've always been concerned with others opinions of me. Those generalizations of not being enough or being too much! Fuck that. I am who I am. God made me this way for a reason and nobody else can be me so why deny the world of who I am. I always wanted to be the love of someone's life. I thought I took the path of growing old together with my husband, but he changed his mind. So now I must remember who I am and what I want. Now I'd be happy being someone's person even if we are already into life together.

There was this friend of mine who always struggled with various aspects of her life and I remember yelling at her "you do not get to deny the world the beauty of who you are", she went back to rehab the next day and survived through her struggles for nearly two more years before the world swallowed her whole! Let's be that reminder to each person that they are loved just as they are!

There is no other me

As far as I can see

As introspective as I can be

There simply is no other me

E. Banda