I slip off my shoes and socks and dip my toes into ice cold water.
Trying to stay cool I take off my dress and jump in.
No one is around, I don't have to worry.
No one can tell me who I'm not.
No one can tell me who I am.
I sink to the bottom of the lake then resurface to take a breath.
My warm skin turns colder as I stay for longer and linger in the liquid ice.
Sun reflects on the surface blinding me.
I love this place.
I wont ever leave.
I wont ever go back.
You can't make me.
Please don't make me.
I start to feel warmer inside even though my skin is cold as march rain.
I need to go.
I need to stand up,
No more hiding.
I am who I am,
You can't tell me no.
I wont believe you.
Dripping like a thunder cloud,
I come out and dry in the sun.
Time to fight.