and all it takes is focus
and determination
so grateful i realized
that the feeling i wanted was my certainty of
self of course
not the validation of another
and i’m so grateful to have to the time and space
to do this work so grateful to get to do this work
the feeling the feeling the feeling and all
i can ever do is keep reminding myself
reminding myself of the feeling
and just so grateful to the contrast that helps me
focus that helps me
see the version i prefer