I'm not afraid anymore
I'm not afraid of people seeing me
Who I am
What I want
What I dream.
I'm not afraid of failing just as long as I can say that I'm trying;
That's more than you ever wanted me to be able to say.

I'm not afraid to laugh,
To cry,
To get hurt.
I'm not afraid to get angry,
To be fragile,
To be breakable.
I'm not afraid to feel all of it
Everything.

I'm not afraid anymore.
Not afraid of you
Of your opinion of me
Of the consequences after I do something you don't approve of.

I'm not afraid of me anymore.
I'm not afraid of anything and everything that makes me
Of the things that can break me
Of the things that consume me.
I'm not afraid of the things I stay up thinking about,
Dreaming about,
Obsessing about.


I'm not afraid anymore
you don't own me.
You never did.//