I saw me

I was sitting back and thinkin' bout me

Myself

I was thinking about who I was, who I am, and who I aspire to be...

And as I pushed away the fears of my ultimate potential, I saw me.

She's pretty. 

She doesn't look like the me I am today, she was different and I'm not talking about looks only.

She sat with poise, her head was held high. Regal, not snobbish.

She was poised, crisp, solid, and fit.

She reminded me of 3 year old me, just all grown up.

Right now, I'm more like the 11 year old me, but all grown up.

The ultimate me, reached back and got myself before I ever experienced disappointment.

I was pigtail me, with the confident, chapped lip, smirk on my face. 😏 All while my hands assertively folded on my knee with chipped polish💅

The self assured child has been permitted to rise and indeed she is doing so, with courage.

Her hair is loc'd and long. Her skin tone is like milk chocolate.  If you didn't know me before, you will not recognize me going forward. My eyes will be the same though. 

The only thing about it is, you would have had to look into my eyes to know it was me because everything about my face will sculpted to perfection.  My face will be smaller so my eyes will be so much bigger. 

I can't take my eyes off of me.  The person I am evolving into...

I knew me as soon as I saw me. Little me all grown up. The one I've missed. The one I buried so life wouldn't break her. But there she was, present and fully accounted for. Unapologetically.

I needed to see me; as her.  I think I forgot that side of me ever existed but there she was and I smiled.  I will allow her to come alive, she deserves to live. She deserves to feel the wind in her hair. She deserves to be everything I am, and she deserves to bring alive everything I have been to afraid to be.

The courageous side of my spirit deserves a chance to thrive.

I saw me and I can't wait to introduce me to everyone else very soon.