proud

part of something
more
than me

i am so happy
with what i would have never chosen

all was written
all revealed
here
in this place
on this night

too private

i named what has been named
a thousand times before

tacky
it felt
sitting there

too literal
the title of it

to say i'm happy
with truth and conviction
works only when not naming the source

otherwise its pandering
its simplifying
its saying that you can't feel this way
or saying that you can

this is not my desire
to dictate
to preach

i only know
that
my heart was shaped a certain way
and that is why i'm here

today