Being a woman

is a lot like
       living in  
            two places
                       at once.

in your space and somewhere else
waiting for some commodity.

a partner, a love, some thing more
because we are told that we are not
enough. and until we find them
we are not complete. we are not whole

Our lives
      do not start
             until we find
                      someone else
                                   to live for.

but i love spending the nights
beating in bed. in the arms of a new lover
that may not stay forever. I love music,
passion, and going where the wind blows me.
i love holding onto myself.  

I'm striving to be
        unapologetically me.  
                      in a world telling me that i am
                                                        less.

                  not anymore.