Sweet Tea

Listen here sweet tea,

Your perception of me is not my responsibility.

It never has been and never will be.

The perception that I have was given to me.

I claim it entirely and wholly.

So guess what is your responsibility, sweet tea.

P.S. Yo! God really kept me in this situation. I had people (who I was supposed to be looking up) to tell me confidently that “You are responsible for how other people see you.” OH MY GOODNESS! I cannot imagine living life with that mindset. I literally neither control your eyeballs nor your brain. I will never try to. To me, that is being manipulative and a waste of time. All I want to do - and can do - is be me. If you see me, then you see me.