Independent Woman

“I do not want to have you

To fill the empty parts of me.

I want to be full on my own.

I want to be so complete

I could light a whole city

And then

I want to have you

Cause the two of us combined

Could set it on fire.”

‘Being Independent’ is focuses largely on recovery, with a particular emphasis on self-fulfillment and self-love. The more experienced speaker of this chapter now knows that you must enter a relationship with yourself before anyone else.