My Friends And Me

I’ve had trouble with self image and depression in the past. I’ve looked into the mirror and have been disappointed. I knew something had to change, so I became a thief. I stole from my friends for years, taking the parts of them I admired, and adding them to the patchwork of myself. I stole the way Cole Greets everyone he meets with enthusiasm and true happiness at their presence. I took the way Lahren loves, the way Justin pays attention to numbers and birthdays. I took Garrett’s passion for music and art, I took Vaughn’s cavalier approach to life and made it my own along with countless traits from so many of my friends.

When I looked in the mirror before, I didn’t like what I saw. Now when I look in the mirror, I see the me that I chose. I see my friends and Me.

And I can live with that.