Letting Her Out

I found the one thing they all rushed to catch Before it could ever float away to return no more I found this dear called love and mama couldn't be more proud of me She said child hold on to it and never let go By all means necessary l fought I fought to keep the world happy and like a martyr True self was sacrificed Betrayed by guilt It's fate sealed by miseducation about life My world, the center of my universe I now choose to live and this time l come first I will be the iron lady l hated so much and tried to melt I will be that child who knew all the answers Then she was too humble to say them out loud I will be the poetry writer who was never afraid Who expressed how she felt This time not only in a piece of paper I will embrace pretty and brainy as a part of me Never try to trim the edges I have opened the door way and now am letting her out