Affirmations

I AM NOT GOOD. I AM NOT EXCEPTIONAL. I AM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I AM NOT NORMAL. I AM NOT INSANE. I AM SOMEBODY. A BODY. I AM THE BODY MY ANCESTORS FORETOLD. I AM THE BODY MY MOTHER CARRIED OVER THE SEA. I AM THE BODY WITH MY FATHER’S HANDS. I AM THE BODY THAT HOLDS MY SISTER FROM THE DAY SHE IS BORN. I AM THE BODY THAT MY LOVER LOVES AND I AM THE BODY THAT LOVES THEM IN RETURN. I AM BUT ONE VESSEL FOR THE SOUL OF MY ANCESTORS.

TÔI LÀ ĐÂY. TÔI LÀ NGƯỜI. TÔI LÀ CON, LÀ EM, LÀ ANH, LÀ BA MẸ, LA ÔNG BÀ, LÀ CÓ, CHỊ, BẠN. TÔI BIẾT THƯƠNG. TÔI KHÔNG BIẾT LÀM GÌ HƠN THƯỜNG. TIẾNG VIỆT CỦA CON THUA CỦA MẸ, MÀ CON CÒN NÓI. TIẾNG NÀY CỦA NƯỚC MÌNH. TIẾNG NÀY CỦA CON. I HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE TO ANYONE. NOT EVEN MYSELF. I CARRY ALL MY OWN WRONGS. THE WRONGS OF OTHERS WASH OFF MY BACK. ALL I CANNOT CARRY IS WATER. ALL I CANNOT BEAR IS GRIEF. AND EVEN THAT CAN BE BORNE WITH GOOD FRIENDS. WHAT I MAKE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD. I AM MORE THAN THINGS MADE ONCE. I AM MULTIPLICITY. I AM KNOWN. I AM SEEN. I AM UNDERSTOOD. MY BODY HAS HELD LOVE, INCANDESCENT, AND PASSED LOVE ON. I AM MORE THAN YOUR OPINION OF ME. I AM MORE THAN AN IMAGE, A MIRROR, AND THE FACE OF THE MOON. I AM MORE THAN MY MISTAKES. I HAVE GROWN AROUND MYSELF, RINGS OF THIS TREE. I KNOW WHO I LOVE AND WHO LOVES ME.

I AM NOT GOOD. I AM NOT EXCEPTIONAL. I AM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I AM STILL HERE. TÔI LÀ ĐÂY. I AM HERE.

Written: 26/11/2024.