I'M FINALLY ME

I'm finally ME  

I used to shrink to fit the frame,  
A shadow cast by someone’s name.  
I wore the masks they handed me,  
And smiled through borrowed symmetry.  

I bent my voice to match the crowd,  
Kept dreams and doubts beneath a shroud.  
But silence grew too loud to bear—  
A whisper rose: “You’re more than air.”  

So piece by piece, I shed the lies,  
Unlearned the need to compromise.  
I stitched my soul with threads of grace,  
And met myself face-to-face.  

Now I walk with roots and wings,  
Unapologetic, real, and brimming.  
No longer chasing who to be—  
I’ve come home to finally ME.  

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