Becoming Brave

I am becoming

Becoming what I want

What I need

Needed to be for a long time

I have the time now

No, I am taking the time

Making it

Life is short

I was wasting it

Wasting away

Tucked away in safe arms

Now I am brave

I strut dark streets after driving my own way

Swaggering steps

Stumbling steps

Stepping past safe

Making and Remaking Myself

Now I am brave

Brave because I

I am becoming