stomach turns

The scars that have hurt the most petrify you as you make yourself known.
The things that define you and allow you to live into your name, they highlight every insecurity.
The stories you whisper in the dark, the mistakes you made that turned you cold.
Family heirlooms that are just despicable habits cause you to never want to make an introduction.
The events that drive your passion simultaneously bury you alone, scared to death.
or of rejection.
All that encompasses who you are is leaving you standing in front of the mirror trying to scream.
All your body allows to leave is one single tear.
Slowly it creeps down your cheek as you realize you are not in fact like everyone else.
Molds and models, shapes and sizes, bruises and stories.
Don't let your mind suffocate you with this lie they will leave.
Reveal your heart, pure and undefiled--trust.
To love is to understand, to accept and to believe.
Titles that define and words that innocently cut too deep are not intentional.
Not all have seen what your eyes daily witness.
The scars, the insecurities, the stories and mistakes.
you.
love.
trust whole heartedly in this concept.
or be buried alive.