September #11

Maybe it's time
to stop complicating life.
There are some things
I am not willing to let go of -
body concerns,
for the most part.
But at the same time
I will open up
and stop shielding myself
from honesty.
I will be who I am,
not who I think I should be
to protect myself
or impress others.
i have fought many times
to make other accept this skin,
this body,
this person.
Now it's time to fight myself.