Unmasking Power - Poem

Written on Thursday February 29th, 2024 at 11:20pm

Unmasking is crushing this held facade of mine

The facade to “fit in”

To not be perceived as “the weirdo”

The behaviours of self-neglect

It’s not so bad honouring myself

To have the audacity to break free from ideas of how to function as a person

The confidence to say no

The solid ground to welcome rejection over poison

To stand proud and be the so-called weirdo

If people fear me for being myself

And I don’t hurt people or be a menace in society

That means I HAVE THE POWER

The power to be authentic in a fake and superficially ruled world

The power to promote others’ unmasking

To not swallow crap and accept that this is the way my life is going to be forever

I have control

I have more audacity

I have more power

And this is newfound freedom