Goodbye to the me who stayed in the closet. Who...

Goodbye to the me who stayed in the closet. Who hid. Who lived in fear. Who denied my truth. For decades, I performed heterosexuality. Dated people I didn't love. Pretended to be someone else. I thought it was safer. Easier. Better for everyone. But it was killing me slowly. Daily. Constantly. Living a lie for others means not living at all for yourself. And I wasted so much time. I'm out now. Fully. Proudly. Authentically. And I'm grieving the years I lost hiding.