Uncharted territory
Is when I try out
A new version of me
Carefree, unfettered by any view you may have of me
I knew I wasn’t right when I was young
I knew there was something wrong
Not just that I wasn’t good enough
But that happiness was not on the cards for me
There would be no lover, no home, no children,
I had to create a smokescreen
To distract you from the obvious
I joked a lot about being alone
In between being with men obviously
And now I can be what I want to be
And that is the uncharted territory.
And I’m still a little bit mad about the course I charted
To make you happy, whoever you are.
And so grateful to my fellow travellers