I'm not enirely sure what I'm expressing.

I think I have a desire to reclaim myself and my identity and some way. Not as a political statement or anything like that, I'm currently in a period of sort of reflection, figuring out myself, who I am, how I relate to myself, how I relate to others.

Life's gotten a lot better since I stopped trying to be someone else, I accidentally got so caught up in trying to fit in to a certain mould, trying to be normal and acceptable that I lost myself in it.

For a period it was as though any individuality I retained was mocked, and if it wasn't mocked it was co-opted, taken from me until there was nothing left. I don't blame anyone for that, I allowed that energy into my life, spent time around people who weren't right.

It was an important time, I've grown a lot and realised that I am and will always be the product of my past - and that that doesn't have to be a bad thing. I've started to enjoy the weird little things I once loved again, without the shame.

It's nice to be authentic to yourself, I'm getting better at that. I think I'd like to work more on maintaining that authenticity unselfishly, I can't stop taking time for myself but that doesn't mean I can't take time for others.