from the voices
that told me I wasn’t enough
from the doubt
that lived to long in my chest
I let it go piece by piece
breath by breath
and it wasn’t easy
freedom never is
it came with tears
with long nights with moments
I almost went back
but I didn’t I kept walking I kept
rising I kept becoming
now I stand here not perfect
not untouched
but no longer held back
I am not who I was
I am stronger
I am louder
I am mine
I am free