i am not what i eat
i am not what i think
i am not what i wear
i am not what i drink
i am not the funky flow yoga teacher
with the too-loud music and too-loud voice
i am not the young adult writer that won’t get published
i am not the wannabe blogger
i am not a failure
i am not a fraud
i am not a bad mother
i am not a bad lover
i am not a bad woman
i am not a bad woman
i am not a bad woman

– LB

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You are the soul of a poet
The body of a dancer
The heart of a wolf mama
The moon of an angel
The essence of lavender
The sister of my body mind and soul

– FLB