I AM I’M NOT
I AM I’M NOT
EVEN THOUGH THE SKY IS BLUE AT NIGHT IT WOULD APPEAR AS IF ITS NOT
A GREAT TIME WOULD TURN INTO A DARK TIME
THEN YOU WOULD SAY MY NAME AS IF THE IMAGE OF MYSELF WAS COVERED WITH GRIME
AS I LEARNED TO HEAL AGAIN I REALIZED AND FELT I AM NOT EQUAL TO WHO I AM
INNOCENCE JUST A FLICKER OF LIGHT BURNED WITHIN ME THAT FUELED MY FIGHT
THE WILL AND DESIRE THAT FUELED THAT FLAME IS THE SAME COMBINATION OF ENERGY THAT STINGS WITH THE ROAR OF MY NAME
I AM NOT AS I APPEAR WHO I AM I AM NOT WEAK AS I MAY HAVE BEEN BACK THEN
I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO BELIEVED TRUE BEAUTY APPEARED SO UGLY
I AM NOT A SOUL WHO WORRIED THAT MAN OF ANY POWER PEDESTAL COULD JUDGE ME
I AM A WOMEN OF MY WORD WHO WILL FIGHT TO GET WHAT I DESERVE AND PEACEFULLY LET IT LAND GRACEFULLY INTO HANDS WHICH HAVE BURNED
I AM A LOVER WHO WILL SPREAD AND SPREAD UNTIL LIFE IS FLOWING WITHIN WHAT WE ONCE THOUGHT WAS DEAD
I AM MORE THAN A NAME I AM MORE THAN A WONDER I AM A FORCE THAT EVEN WITH ATTEMPTED SILENCE I WILL ALWAYS RING LOUDER
THAN WHAT ATTEMPTED TO BREAK ME AND HOLD ME BACK
THAN WHAT ATTEMPTED TO WHIP ME THEN COVER THE SORES ON MY BACK
I AM WHO I APPEAR NOT TO BE I AM I AM WITHIN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING
I AM MANY WHO HAD NO VOICE I AM MANY WHO HAVE AND HAD LIMITED CHOICE
I WILL CONTINUE TO ROAR
I WILL CONTINUE FIGHT
FOR THE SKY IS STILL BLUE JUST WITHOUT LIGHT
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THIS IS THE POWER OF SELF LOVE
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Submitted by shakilla92 on August 09, 2021
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