old frayed clothing

like old

frayed clothing, so much

falls away

with age.

those nagging worries of

being

accepted, to be liked

and be one

of them, to be

admired.

what heavy

things they were

when young, how you

carried them

for so long,

for much of your life.

and now.

not so much.

how hard it's always been,

until now,

to set the false self

down.