Permission

I’m not asking your permission

To be who I really am.

I’ve had strength enough to find me

And I won’t be lost again.

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I’m not asking your permission

To live a life I am fulfilled in,

I won’t filter my ambitions

Through the lens of your religion.

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I don’t need your acceptance,

I don’t need your validation,

Or your support for my existence

Or your promise of salvation.

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I no longer need approval

For the things I’m meant to be.

I do not need your signature

To allow me to be free.

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My life is not your project.

I am not your possession.

So, don’t you be surprised when

I don’t ask for your permission.