standing as an individual

after years of solitude while being SURROUNDED

i realize my singularity bothers some

so sorry to be bothersome

but how i carry myself, is how heavy or light as i please;

i step with my feet upon a sky of glitter

my wordplay unlike others,

my talents,

my actions,

yet, i hold myself above no one.

A humble goddess walking among men,

my arrival to YOUR life, is a celebration

my departure a funeral,

to what you know

who you’ve been accustomed to

everything you are

my admiration diminished,

my words no longer spoken

your glass no longer filled by the drink you never knew that you needed

dying of thirst from something you never thought to explore before

once in a lifetime,

that's what i carry

i touch every mind that i pass

permanently,

my image etched into the very fabric of your being

the source of composure in complete chaos

i am once in a lifetime.