When I was younger I would see
a woman so put together
she would be
Confident
Energetic
Wise
and have great hair
finally comfortable in her own skin
she did not care
who liked her
or who did not
she had in her mind
the perfect thought
that what mattered most
was inside herself
These things take time
a human need
as we search for approval
from sources that are wrong
and try to find where we belong
Until, if lucky, we realize at last
that all we ever needed to do
was to love ourselves
and not dwell in the past
Now I look in the mirror
and what do I see?
That woman I always wanted to be
Now I am her
and she is me