You’re free.

Free to love and to be loved

To stop grieving and enjoy life

To part ways with guilt and shame

You are allowed to feel joy again

To plead for more… to celebrate.

You’re free to dream and have high hopes

To believe in yourself when no one does.

You can be wild, you can explore

Become whoever you were born to become

…even if it breaks the norms.

You’re free to shine in this dark world

To grow and outgrow everyone you know

To harvest what you have worked for

To set some boundaries, to say ‘no’

To choose yourself and what you’re made for.

Some people won’t celebrate this freedom of yours

But that’s ok. You can disregard them all.

You are of value,

You are of worth.

This stampede you have been living

Will end with just one word.

Speak.