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I Finally Found Me By Lucretia Randle All my life I have been asked to play the role to be the perfect daughter to set a perfect goal I tried to play the part they saw for me and act as theythought I should but I am not who they thought I'd be. They wanted me to marry and be the perfect wife to play along with all their rules to lead their perfect little life. I tried to do things their way for awhile and was married to a man or two and I played it straight for a little while But I am not who they thought I should be I think I finally found my role in life I finally found the real me. I am not a lesbian, please don't get me wrong but I love women with a love that's just as strong and I have loved them all along. I no longer have just a husband and I am no longer just his wife, I have what makes me happy what I have missed most of my life. Some people call us confused and we don't know what we are they say that all the child abuse has simply left this scar. But I know the truth the one they refuse to see I know that I'm bisexual and now I'm truly free. |