To Her.

I’ve realized.
I know now that a label does not defy me.
I will not be told who I am, I will choose who I am.
A simple name is not who I am.
It myself as a whole.
It may not change me, but it does change the people around me.
They will believe what they think is right.
Or what they now expect me to act like.
I will not be put up for everyone to see.
Sometimes however, you can’t choose.
That is the dangerous part.
You can live with mistakes but not lies.
Lies are another form of power and power is a form of control.
Controlling others is not how you live.
So, neither is lying.
Being wrong and being right are to different things.
I, of all people, should know that.