I am LOUD
my voice is carried away on the wind,
speaking
of the injustices in the world
crying
for change

I am STRONG
I standfast in my beliefs,
working
to improve me and the world
writing
to share healing with others

I am BEAUTIFUL
not in features but within
my beauty radiates and flows
to and through those around me
enveloping them in its warmth

I am HEALING
triumphing over the past
doing the work to heal past hurts
writing and speaking
life into the dark areas of me
requiring light

I am ME
Beautiful me, nonchalant and funny
empathetic and angry
I am a contradiction AND
the truth
I am unequivocally ME