Change

Change in appearance, attitude and personality

can be a scary thing to friends and family.

But that change might be to you

a healthy new way

of expressing thoughts and views

which you kept (un)consciously locked inside for years.

That change, which people proclaim

"isn't you at all"

might be the most liberating thing

and to hide that, would be a shame.

Yes, it might just be a "phase"

or, it can follow you through life-

it might stay alongside you

during tough and happy times.

Because that "change" wasn't change at all

It was simply a part of you

that needed to come out.

And I say:

The sooner, the better.