Saying No

I do not have to be the image you have in your mind,

I am the embodiment of what my inner child hoped I be.

I am not going to mold into the version of a person you want me to be,

my inner child would weep at such a notion.

I choose to be an ever evolving being, always adapting to the ways I feel fulfilled

never adapting to the ways you think will sustain this ongoing dance we have.

I am saying no to you and yes to me, as I once told you,

I will always choose me,

because this is my story

and you are just visiting.