I Am Enough

The first one was an actor

Looking the part, but not quite able to fit the role 

Too young to know not to bring the job home

Too good at it not to

Always wearing a mask, hiding true intentions and demanding attention from passerby 

Never able to figure out why we couldn’t work

But I guess it was for the best to escape the looming flames before we burned 

The second was a painter

Able to make beautiful pictures with words and colors made of our happiness

I was convinced no one could ever compare to his steady hand

Until

The pictures weren’t as beautiful 

The colors weren’t as bright 

And I always felt like it was my fault 

My fault 

But

Then came the third

Me

A musician

I know when to talk and to listen 

Because I know

I know the song in my heart, in my mind, in my soul 

And can sing it with ease 

I don’t have to please another

Because I am the one 

And that may not be the case forever

But it’s what works now

And until I find someone who can pick up this guitar shaped body and handle it

Someone who can dance to the beat that the drum in my chest makes

Someone who has what it takes to love me for all the flaws I may have 

For all the out of tune strings and scratches and things that lie on my exterior and beyond

He will still love and let me lean on his shoulder 

But until then 

I am enough

I refuse to believe that I need someone to complete this mess of a human

Because 

I

Am

Enough