B.Y.O.B.F.F. (Be Your Own Best Friend Forever)

"You cannot be vulnerable and honest with another if you are not first vulnerable and honest with yourself."

Fresh red—

Crimson—

A difference divine.

I have kissed my own skinned knee

and risen, unafraid to do it again.

My soul descends like a sun,

setting into solitary solace.

Yes—

I will lean into egotism,

for among eight billion beating hearts,

not one could be me,

live as I have lived.

It is no mistake—

the pulse of my passions,

the shape of my thoughts,

the pull of my desires.

I know what I need,

what I want,

and I alone

can give it freely to myself.

I am enough.