i’m an emotional being.
what is it to be a woman?
i have the traits i used to not want to have
because i did not want to conform.
i didn’t want to be compared or similar.
internalized shame and hatred to be a woman
but only because of my past experiences.
i was alone.
again and again.
i am an emotional being.
there is nothing wrong with that.
i can be emotional
the issue comes in when it overflows.
know your place.
i am only human.
a being of the universe.
i was given these emotions to feel them
not conceal them.
life is hard
life is a lot
but i have to live life until i rot.
far in the distance
is the goal for which i strive.
it’s so far
i try to rush life
all while practicing patience.
contradictions.
healing from the things others and self have done to me.
your loser self has the most power over you than you actually do.
the world pulls me out
my spirit pulls me in
i wonder who would win
i am a being of the universe
i am protected
pure in spirit
i am sun
not the brightest star in the sky
but still shining bright everyone notices
i feel it in my spirit
i am an emotional being
and there’s nothing wrong with that.
feel don’t conceal.
Ivori Reid is a Graduate Psychology major. IR955503@wcupa.edu.