i am creative messy,
and i am kind.
i love with my whole heart,
and make it divine.

don’t shame my joys,
my life in motion.
freedom in flight,
coloring tactile emotion.

i’m not to be controlled,
dismissed or erased.
i’ve grown from long shadows,
true character etched in face.

beaming with sunlight,
warmth emanates.
giggles like brooks,
arriving to life’s fate.

i love me wholly now–
(still struggle at times)
but that makes me human,
no longer will i pine.