I traded negativity 
For positivity
I am trading my pain and suffering
For happiness and experience
Instead of dancing for everyone
I dance for myself
I meditate for me
I will travel the world for me
I treat people like people
And me like a Queen

Self-Respect/Self-Love

I looked up at the house. It was familiar yet different. The grey that was there is now a shade of blue. I looked at the family inside. They were the pure embodiment of what a family should be like. They were a family of five sitting around the dinner table. Laughing at something that may have happened earlier in the day. That same room where we kids watched our parents aggressively argue. I look at the house and with...

I looked up at the house. It was familiar yet different. The grey that was there is now a shade of blue. I looked at the family inside. They were the pure embodiment of what my family should have been. They were a family of five sitting around the dinner table. Laughing at something that may have happened earlier in the day. That same room where we kids watched our parents aggressively argue. I look at the house and with...