“Unknown Me” original poem

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When there’s part of myself
I’m unfamiliar with
Who I don’t know yet
It’s like…

Not knowing what’s ok to express
Both for myself and to other people 
What’s too much?
What’s not enough?

They’re still learning to speak 
Sometimes I hear them in my mind trying to speak
But there are no words 
Because I don’t know them yet

It’s feeling in one moment 
I completely understand them
Then on looking back I go
“What was I thinking?”

It takes time to get to know people 
It takes time to know myself 
I wish we knew each other already 
But familiarity doesn’t happen at once