I shall shed the labels that define me: mother. wife. writer. I shall slither out of the accolade-titles that make me cringe: nice girl. hard worker. good mother. I shall strip away the designations that were my armor that made me proud: homeopath. published author. homeschool teacher. I shall obliterate the marks of my shame: lazy. unproductive. business failure. I will stand naked, exposed, revealed, Not caring who sees, or who evokes their own version of me. Not caring who hears or who translates me into the woman they prefer to hear. Not caring who perceives me, and who sees herself. I shall see My Self. hear My Self. acknowledge My Self. I am revealed. Nothing concealed. I am. That is enough.
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by Natalia IwanyckyjNatalia Erehnah Short Stories & Poems
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