Just some things I've wrote

I thought I knew

I thought I knew who I was.
I thought I was that girl that your parents friends talk about.
I thought I was happy.

Acting. Pretending to be someone I'm not. It's easy if you understand.

People like me? We need awareness.
People like me? We're still valid.
People like me? We just want to be loved.

Just like anyone else, we want to be loved.

I broke out of my shell and discovered who I was.
I left that skin. I'm slowly accepting.
I'm slowly becoming who I should be.

I'm not longer lost. But I'm no longer that little girl my parents showed off.
I'm me. I'm who I am. I'm still loved.