This Skin

I don't always love the person staring back at me in the mirror.

That means that I'm learning to love these bones, this body, this mystery.

I am embracing the unknown of this soul, I'm learning every detail and every ounce of this body until I know my soul wholly.

I will belong to myself again. I will answer this question I call myself.

I am not half. I am whole.

I'm going to learn to live in my body for once instead of trying to step out of my skin. I've been told to come out of my shell, my shell is my skin and it is what I call home. I'm not going to apologize for being me, this is home for me, this is me.

I think more than I speak, and that works for me.

- A.S. Love + Grow