Becoming You
January 20, 2012 by Anne Maybus
Filed under current, Living Space
If you stand still long enough
You grow to be invisible
Blotted from human consciousness
Like a streetlight in daylight hours.
No one asks your opinion
They know what you’re going to say
They just work around you
As if you aren’t there
You’re just you
The same you you’ve always been
Even if, on the inside,
You know you’ve changed
Becoming someone new
Isn’t just about changing your mindset
It’s about taking up new spaces
And learning how to move
Don’t just stand there
Feel your blood bubbling inside
It won’t let you stand still any more
You’re claiming a new space
Feel your soul peeling back your skin
And forcing its way out into the world
It’s the birth of a person
And you are a revelation
Image: Frank Kovalchek
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Anne Maybus is creative by nature and it expresses itself in her writing.
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Hmmm Anne Better be careful! Methinks your brilliance is peeping out again!!
And I guess it would be impolite to ask how auto-biographical this is?????
Haha, Chris. You are never impolite.
i guess there is a degree of my story in there but equally it is the story of many. It can be quite terrifying to feel someone else pushing their way out of your skin but it’s so liberating at the same time. I hope everyone lets the new person free.