someone once told me I could be anything

the last thing I wanted was me *

so I cried and I tried to do things differently

I reached for this as I thought of that

embracing all routes in a shroud of doubt

until one day I reached * * * * * * * *

and unbeknownst to me I rediscovered Beauty

seems all along I am everything I ever wanted to be

I just needed to own it willfully *