A Year of Yes: The power of poetry

I haven’t written poetry in a very long time, and as I was walking to work this one popped into my mind. I don’t know where it came from, but I felt empowered as I wrote it down. I hope you feel empowered reading it.

Underestimation

Do not mistake my kindness for weakness,

or my desire to collaborate as an inability to lead.

I have been through the intense pressures of life and emerged bright, shiny, and polished.

Like clay in a kiln.

Like a buried diamond, now free.

Believe me when I say I stare into the fire and smile.

Do not underestimate me.