No other option

You must take care of yourself

No other option do you have

You must walk in and through the rain

Feel the sun beating down on your skin

You must ignore the tales wildly spun

Ignore the eyes that peer, trying to see way down into your soul

Evade those who seek to capture and a prisoner make of you

You must ignore the treacherous whispers

Those who spin lies like yarn, a mile long

Shut out the voices saying you are not enough, or even too much

You must re-discover and hold on to the truth of who you truly are, you beautiful you

These things you must do

No other real option have you