I Was Enough All Along

Born under Scottish hospital lights. A Chinese name they never said right.

I learned early how to shrink my frame. How blame felt easier than my

name. Moved south where the valleys stay gray. Welsh rain and

the cruel things they'd say. Every laugh told me who I'd be.

Someone who'd never quite succeed. I wore their words like they were true.

Every mirror said it too. I always felt like a failure. Never enough,

never safe. Every step felt one behind. Every dream felt out of place.

I just wanted something real. Something I didn't have to fake. First love came