~The Love of Being Abroad~

My Reflections

Broken in so many ways

Life is unfamiliar

Who am I really...I wonder

For years I've been taught

certain things

believed certain truths

acted in certain ways

influenced by certain lives

...now I'm away from the certainties of my life

I'm left here, somewhat alone

No one truly knowing my past

I'm free

Free from stereotypes

Free from expectations

Free from outside pressure

Of who I'm suppose to be

What I'm suppose to do

How I'm suppose to look

What I'm suppose to feel

I'm free

Free to focus on me

Figure out what I want to be

How I want to live my life

What I want to accomplish

And discover the path that I want to take

To choose my life, my way, myself.

...the moment I stop searching within, I will have stopped living the life I want to live.

~Katherine Rose