Given approval for being
“sweet and caring”
I filled my life with affectionate expressions,
while closely hiding my
“undesirable” traits.
As the years pass,
I come to see myself as
weak and incompetent,
til, finally,
worn from repeated failures
of trying to be this “loving person”,
I relinquish this dream.
Grasping reality,
I discover
my true self,
warm and caring,
but also a strong leader,
a capable organizer,
an adept problem solver,
a natural teacher,
and a poet.
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