complete being | Nikaela Aitken

Breathe out slowly-
head up.
shoulders back.
i speak to myself,
just pretend its there.
my hand touches the space between my neck and breasts,
where my necklace should lie.
smile. Act like its there.
shoulders back.
no one will notice if I don’t let them.
Act like you own the world.
one day its there, the next misplaced
by circumstances, caused by me, or others-
Its not a necessity.
but it completes the being