Becoming Your True Self

Remember
that in the journey toward becoming
your
true
self
freedom and growth
also reveal
grief at what you’ve outgrown
laid down
sloughed off

For, the truest self
is not size but essence
a whittled down trust
that you are held by a secure parent
free to receive care and lavish mercy

This means that you have permission to cease being a good daughter or son
trying to prove your worth
beating yourself up for the time is is taking
to become
free

In doing so, I honor the pain
at what it has meant
to welcome and heal
all parts
of
me.

BJP