I take my rage.
I take my anger.
I touch them barehanded and
They cut deep in my skin
like hot metal.
I allow myself
to feel the pain,
but the pain no longer
to define me.
I shape it into vulnerability
and show it to the world.
So what if some try
to use it against me?
Fuck them.
I am storm and calm,
fight and gentleness.
I hold all the power to decide who I want to be.
I belong fully to myself.