I long

To be me even though I am different and sometimes weird.

I wouldn’t trade who I am for anyone else just to fit in.

Who I am is who God made me be, and how can I want to change for someone else, especially for someone who sins like me and has insecurities like me?

Who has fears and is judged sometimes like me.

Someone who wants one day to be seen for who they are outside and inside.

Someone who wants to be free and happy and at peace just like me, for I know who I am, and I accept who I am, and sometimes it is hard being me.

But I will stand by myself until the end because I know no one else will.

I see the real me in the mirror, and I feel the real me when others don’t know the truth behind my smile or words.

I long to be free from my cage of uncertainty, but even in those moments, I see pieces of who I am meant to be.

And I long to be her and to stop holding myself back, for only I am in my way now.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2022 By Deirdre Stokes