It Is Okay by G. Perez-Vazquez

It is okay to be me, to be late,

To sleep until ten and not do anything

To stay at home and enjoy myself

To curse at ‘them” when things go wrong

 

It is okay to make mistakes

To keep myself strong

To say my truth with an open heart

To be deficient and still dance

It is okay to see him as my soul mate

To fight back my past

And learn how to welcome that in my new path

To forgive them and to bless them instead

Because they are the school that completed my task

 

Yes…………………

It is okay to stay in one piece

To let everybody see my strength with an open soul

And within my voice show the “All” that we carry on

To live alive and to be grateful instead of hurt

To know that God cures the shame hidden in my soul

 

It is okay to make myself happy

Enjoy the surroundings of a bright day

To be the mother in me, to share with her as should be

To laugh with my grandchildren, to be upset with my sons

And still feel how I love them more

 

Yes it is okay to cry sometimes, kill the “pretending” that wants to shine

That I had hidden all my life

To digest my emotions and throughout those feelings

Find the courage that had grown with the commotions

Starting with a cry and ending with a smile,

 It is okay to be the mirror of the sea that is at bright as the sky

Yes it is okay to have the “All” living in me

Because through him I have enough

For you and  me

~Gina Perez-Vazquez, student