Celebrate me Quiet, loudly Don’t need approval Don’t need to minimise who my insides switch to be Just need to speak Open my mouth Or be silent Noisy in my silence Free.. Love me, restless The layers shed Frontage The prime poster says goodbye Growing, aggressively (!) As if, a threat How dare I? Never shadow but light up my shine I’m irritating Jeez, I’m so sorry It’s almost like it was time Do I have to give you low key at the start Because I get excited by connection Am I, only, your shrine A breeze switches. Cold, might just be colder, Or, does it feel unkind I notice everything A free heart Beating on the outside
Don’t need you to tell me
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Meeting other parts of me Meeting the love of my life - the little me Pleasure to meet you Letting others help you I tell myself off! Just do! Just do! I like repetition Tolerated the pain Like a Gut punch In the way others Tolerated me Like, you I don’t need to drop a name Exquisite deliberation When will it ever end? This debilitating…
Bare-faced cheek
How dare I age and grow?
Voices of energy
Not a plucked rose,
with a quiet glow
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Shall I just be, Tara, size?