By Michelle Talsma Everson, 2021
“Before you belong to someone else, belong to yourself…”
Somewhere in the middle of
All the chaos
I grew.
I’m growing.
It’s beautiful.
No longer writing in third person
No longer settling for less than
I’m changing the narrative
Of who and what I’ll allow and accept
And it’s f-cking beautiful.
It’s not that I’m no longer myself.
It’s just that life is too short
To not know my value.
I must hold myself accountable
And expect the same out of others.
I am grateful for my life.
I love it most days.
And that has nothing to do with
A man or a person
Besides myself
And the world I create.
Somewhere in the middle of
All the chaos
I grew.
I’m growing.
I’m all done accepting and making excuses.
And it’s f-cking beautiful to behold.