Confidence

s/he does not turn the cheek s/he does not move aside s/he does not smile to make others feel comfortable s/he doesn’t feel the need to illuminate your world with pleasantries & hopeful metaphors s/he’s been there, s/he’s not phased by it s/he’s ecstatic in her/his own skin s/he’s not afraid to compliment you, not afraid to size you up, not afraid to cut you down, not afraid to spit what s/he sees when s/he sees it, how s/he sees it & s/he apologizes only to those that have shown her/him pure, unadulterated compassion, in times prior to the present exchange at hand--- with confidence s/he makes the world a moldable ball of clay, with confidence s/he bows down to no one, nothing, never, with confidence s/he fulfills her/his own needs as s/he sees fit, with confidence s/he creates, with confidence s/he destroys & with confidence s/he will assert him/herself aloud to life until that dying day.