i took it off.

i slowly removed every expectation & limiting belief ever handed to me.

i traded in the suffocating good girl costume for something less predictable.

i severed ties with anyone asking me to give up pieces of myself i’d rather keep.

i broke up with fear & learned how to make love to every moment i encounter.

i let go of people who are incapable of holding space for all of me.

i shed layers upon layers of sorrow & pain just to find my way back to my heart.

i ripped off the shackles of shame & ran as fast as i could toward freedom.

i stripped down to my bare soul & saw the woman i’ve always wanted to be.

i became me when i released what was no longer mine to carry.

i became free when i became me.

xo, zella