There is a particular kind of freedom in being somewhere you don’t have to explain yourself.
You don’t have to be more confident.
More masculine.
More beautiful.
More anything.
You can be loud or quiet.
Certain or unsure.
You can come to be seen, or simply to be there.
Sometimes acceptance is not something grand.
It is another person looking at you without asking you to change.
A space where you can lower your guard.
Where difference doesn’t need an explanation.
Where being yourself is already enough.
So tonight, a little thank you.
Thank you for letting me see myself.
Thank you for letting me be myself.
And thank you for bringing yourself with you.
Naked Underwear
Thursday · November 26
9 PM – 3 AM