I am insecurity encased in a sheer fold of confidence
The fetal state of vulnerability
I am the shield that never seems to bend, yet is always in the forge
Holding strong for every life behind it

I am Jean Grey, the phoenix, losing her temper
Destruction incarnate
I am a book whose pages are fermenting, emitting odor so sweet
A story to be told and bounded by the pulchritude of fear

I am defined by nothing as, "A definition excludes the possibility for change."
And "We are only a moment," so make that moment last
I am kindness, brutal honestly, pride
With change and without