Who Would You Be ?

Without the stories that hold you down

Who would you be without yourself?

If you took off all your coats

Of identity, of history, of trauma

Of the stories you were taught, and

Those you invented, and stood

Naked in the world on a warm day?

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How would you see your life

Without the narratives of money

Of education, of success and failure?

If you had no nationality, no race

No gender, no age, or if those things

No longer mattered?

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How would the world look

Unmarred by expectation

By judgment, fear, analysis?

Would you be overwhelmed by its beauty?

Don’t be afraid — you are beautiful too.

You will fit right in.

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How would you feel,

Without the weights you carry

The braces and splints you wear

To protect your broken places

The narratives that bind you

The need for others’ approval

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How would it feel to be free?

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