every day i live with the certainty that i cannot shake my insecurity

inside me lurking, peering about, that unloved girl trying to get out

she sits in my eyes how i see myself

trying to sabotage with her bitter stealth

mocked as a youth, seldom told the truth

almost never smiled turned to running wild

struggling as an adult to find my own ways

hoping to find peace one of these days

still hungry for acceptance tired of anything less

trying to wriggle out of that old  tattered dress