The Releasing

 I have been chained up by society's expectations for so long.

Each time I try to fit myself into the box they have created, I always end up hurt.

I have spent days looking for a way to be accepted by my peers.

But each way failed.

I remember going home crying because I felt like I failed.

I failed at acting like someone I wasn't,

I failed at looking like someone I wasn't.

But it was easier, 

It was easier to be something I wasn't than to be something I was.

Because when I was myself, it was more painful to hear hate, than to hear hurtful things about the person I was trying to be.

I was exhausted and numb, from the daggers that pierced my soul.

But in my heart, I felt guilty and angry.

Why would I allow myself to be imprisoned by words?

Why would I disguise myself, when the poison was still the same?

So I broke the chain... 

I escaped from the demons of society's perfection.

I took out my Brazilan weave and rocked an afro.

I wiped off my makeup and revealed the beauty that God created.

I left anxiety at the door and approached darkness with light.

The fear of the thoughts of others overwhelmed me, but the words of the Lord triumphed over.

" You are fearfully and wonderfully made".

Even though the daggers are approaching me, I will not be chained again.

I am free!