I Am Becoming

I was never meant to remain who I once was.

I have walked through fires that others could not see, carrying burdens, breaking cycles, and learning lessons that were written between the lines of my life.

There was a version of me who answered to old names, old stories, old limitations. She served her purpose. She carried me this far.

But now, I stand at the threshold of remembrance.

I am shedding what no longer belongs to me— the masks, the expectations, the identities that became too small for the soul I am becoming.

Each day, I feel the expansion.

The voice grows stronger. The vision becomes clearer. The heart opens wider.

What once felt impossible now feels inevitable.

I am not becoming someone else.

I am returning to the essence that was always there, beneath the noise, beneath the conditioning, beneath the fear.

I am evolving from survival into sovereignty, from seeking into knowing, from remembering pieces of myself into embodying my wholeness.

The woman I was deserves my gratitude.

The woman I am becoming deserves my devotion.

And so I walk forward, not hurried, not afraid, but certain.

For every step reveals another layer of my power, another fragment of my truth, another reflection of the divine light that has always lived within me.

I am not ending.

I am unfolding.

I am not disappearing.

I am emerging.

And with every breath, every lesson, every transformation, I become more of who I was always destined to be.

I am evolving.

I am remembering.

I am becoming.

By Atun Re'