Be You !!

Be you the beautiful the tangled the messed up you. Please let me be as I am,  I am well aware of my flaws, my strengths. You do not have to scream it in my face every time I am with you.

I am tired of pleasing you, tired of faking to be the nicest of them all I am not the one that has mastered the skills to perfection I still make my mistakes. I have my moments of anxiety of suffering and sometimes i want my isolation to clear my thoughts and bounce back into sanity.

I do not have a flawless skin, there are bags under my eyes but I make sure to cover them to look my best for you, I love being myself with no paint covering me no fake facade blocking my faults just to show case I am the perfectionist you're looking for just so you could stop comparing me.

I like to sleep in late, I do not wish for you to comment on my habits as I do not make any remarks on your's. I love wearing bold lipsticks without hearing your vicious comments on it. I love flaunting my body because i have embraced it with grace but doing what I love scares me to my core because your staring your continuous chattering cuts deep in my soul.

Stop comparing me I am not an object of amusement. I am a whole person with dreams and ambitions of my own. I listen to your every word and keep my silence because my words are of no value to your ears. If you could look deep into my eyes you would see i just want to Be Me.

I am a woman of words, a daughter, a mother , a sister wanting to let go for just once. I have my moments of happiness and sadness but I withhold my ground and keep a smile even though I am breaking from inside when you unintentionally misjudge my actions and consider my silence for my weakness.

Let me break free and be exactly who i wish to be. A woman who stands up for herself, a woman proud of her body, her style she is not going to change for you, You need to accept her as she is because she has always accepted you the way you are. Always gathered her courage to stand besides you in happiness and in sorrow. Let me Be Me who is wild and free these chains cannot hold someone like you and me. I think it's time for us to finally break free.

I am blessed to have a mother, who has always taught me to be myself not to please someone but to show case that my confidence is my ability to feel beautiful and free without someone needing to tell me. I am heart broken when i see young girl's pretending to be someone they are not and mother's comparing their daughters we do not realize as we are feeding our child to be better than some other kid we are destroying their confidence, snatching away their voice and inserting ideas that would further damage their personality as an individual. I often came across mother's telling their daughters to loose weight because brown aunties of our society wants their daughter in laws fair and skinny a must to fulfill the position of best candidate next in line to marry their sons. We never tell our daughter's look your best because health matters. Be You because You is beautiful, You is kind, You is smart and above all You are different and unique in your own way.

Thank you mama for making me strong from within and always letting me speak my mind. I pray to raise my daughter like the way you raised me with love and kindness and a lion's confidence to never back down from any difficult situation and Be Myself to let the world know I am not here to please someone. I am here to fulfill my dreams and do my best in every job role designed for me without any fear.

ITS NOT YOUR JOB TO BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE. BE YOU FOR YOU