Confident

Today I wake with my shoulders back,

breathing deeper than yesterday.

The mirror doesn’t argue with me

it nods,

like it finally understands.

I move like I belong in my own skin,

no apologies stitched into my steps.

The weight I used to carry

stays on the floor behind me,

dust instead of destiny.

Today feels bright in a quiet way

not loud, not forced,

just steady.

Like confidence that doesn’t need witnesses

to be real.

I smile because I want to,

not because I’m supposed to.

I take up space

and nothing breaks because of it.

Whatever tried to shrink me before

doesn’t get a vote today.

I am here.

I am enough.

And today

today feels good.