Monday, May 16, 2022

Change

 Change

She's changed,
   softer.
Not soft.
  Less harsh.
Still has jagged edges
  but they don't seem
    as sharp
      as they used to be.
If I didn’t know better
   I’d say
     she has mellowed,
But in reality,
   I think
     she is stronger.
She has
   become
    what she was always meant to be,
Content in her skin
Feeling her heart beat
   slow
     and
       strong.
Steady.
She knows who she is
   and no longer
     tries to hide it
       or be
          what others expect her to be.
Instead,
   she lives who she is.
Maybe she hasn’t changed
   so much as grown
     and grown
       and refused
         to stop
           growing.
Softer?
Harder?
It’s who she is.