...I am Me...

 

Be yourself...

...but...

...don't do that...

...don't say that...

...don't think that...

...don't wear that...

...don't feel like that...

...don't watch that...

...don't listen to that...

...don't touch that...

...don't like that...

...don't act like that...

...but...

...be yourself.

 

Fuck that...

...it's not for you to say who I am...

...it's for me to be me.

 

I traveled through madness...

...to find me...

...I like me....

...I enjoy me...

...I love me...

...I am ME.

 

Breathe...

...Michelle Lynn...

 

...Eye Seduction...

This meeting is boring...

I'm trying to appear attentive...

Wait...

Something is calling me...

I don't hear it...

I feel it...

I look around...

Everyone is looking at the screen...

Except him...

He's across the room...

Looking at me...

My eyes stop at his eyes...

His eyes widen...

Noticeably excited that I heard his call...

Neither of us blinks...

His eyes smile seductively...

My eyes smile back...

He's bored too...

His eyes ask if I want to play...

Flirtatiously my eyes reply...

Yes, I do...

He is confident...

His eyes are intense...

He is looking through me...

Insisting that I let him in...

Come in...

Right here...

Surrounded by others...

The room is getting warm...

His eyes undress me...

My breathing changes...

His gaze penetrates my gaze...

Our eyes share intimacy...

Our eyes share secrets...

Our eyes share fantasies...

Without a word...

Without a touch...

The presentation is complete...

Just as the lights come on...

At the same time, together, we wink...

The meeting is adjourned.

 

Breathe...

...Michelle Lynn...

...I Am More Me...

I have outgrown many things...

...Staying silent about things that matter to me...

...Relatives who criticize but not support...

...The need to meet unrealistic expectations of me...

...Shrinking myself for fear of judgement...

...People that don't celebrate my accomplishments...

...Those that disappear when life gets dark...

...People who are only around when convenient or beneficial for them...

...Anyone who takes part in spreading gossip, hate or negativity...
...The insecurities from years of being told I was too much of this and not enough of that...
...Connections that don't evolve passed the past...

...Apologizing for how I feel, how I love and how I choose to live...

...Superficial attention, meaningless conversations and forced interactions...
...Being held hostage by time, routine, schedules or plans...
...Oh and my jeans, I've definitely outgrown my jeans...
...I have outgrown many people, places and things...

...and yet...

...I've never felt more free and more me.

 



Breathe...

...Michelle Lynn...