Must I apologize for being too passionate?
Must I beg for pardon for loving too much too quickly?
Must I truly shade my face away
For understanding the unfathomable?
Why is it wrong for me to pride on the abstract;
On the stars and the talk and what I can not see?
Why must I be ashamed of my smallness in comparison to the grandeur around me?

No, I simply must not.
I must not apologize for handing away my love.
I must not pretend ignorance in order to give you closure.
I must not beg for forgiveness after tending to my own wounds, just because I didn't come running to you so you could fawn over my human vulnerability.
I will not apologize for asking for help,
Because I've hit rock bottom and I have learned my own limitations.

I will be unapologetic as
Effortlessly as it is to breathe.
Maybe it is because I am enough and I know it.
Maybe it is because I don't need you and I know it.