Authenticity

Finding my voice.

Not what you want

Not what you think I should do

No more

So hard to do

at a time when you struggle

with always looking

to others for input.

Breaking free from

that chain of approval addiction

or validation from others.

It's a habit that further strangles me,

leaving me gasping for air.

Only to find it is my own hand on my neck

and when I loosen the grip

and let loving air fill my lungs I come back to life.

But to a new view.