Changing

_____

just be yourself
that’s what they say
but what if you don’t like you
is it okay to change?

i’d like to be more considerate
give more energy
be a better me

are we still we
if we go down that road

is us still us
if we keep changing
keep improving, keep moving
nothing remains the same

when the images are fading
can we keep the frame?

_____

I remember when I wrote this. It was a cloudy day in June. We were on the beach having our morning coffee, talking about our lives. It was the last week of my volunteering month so it was time to think about the future again. We did, right there and then. With only the sounds of the ocean and the voices of my thoughts filling the silence. That’s when I wrote this.

I was in Las Tunas, Ecuador. You can read more about my time here.