Stronger

My heart bursts and breaks

For all the pain that exists

And I'm reminded

That to forge a new path

Is to be open

To new ways of being

And dedicated

To my own well-being

It isn't easy

Because it goes against

The momentum

That society has created

My desire

Is large enough

To keep me going

I can't live here

In the way that's expected

I can only be here

If I love myself

Wholly and completely 

Against the will

Of a society

Whose only desire

Is to exploit me