Unconditionally Someone

by Kelsa Boodlal '25

They say be unconditionally you, but what if you don’t know who you are? You don’t know what your future holds because you can’t even begin to imagine it, Not a job, house, partner, nothing. How can you be unconditionally you, then?

But you are uniquely you without even trying. You are weird and special and beautiful all wrapped up in one perfect person. You don’t need to try to be unconditionally you, You just need to not be someone else.

Being you should require no effort. It should be the easiest thing that you can do, Easier than living in this crazy world that makes being you hard, Because it shouldn’t be.

It should feel like all of the pieces fall together, Like laughing so hard that you can’t breathe, Or smiling at the people around you. It should feel right.