"Becoming"

It’s hard being a girl in this world today—where mirrors talk louder than hearts sometimes say, where every scroll feels like a test, and perfection wears the prettiest dress.

You wake up to noise before your feet hit the floor, a thousand voices telling you to be more—be thinner, be stronger, be kind but not weak, speak up, but not too much when you speak.

School’s a maze of smiles and screens, of whispered truths and half-kept dreams, grades and goals and fitting in, and wondering where you begin.

Some days you shine like the morning sun, other days it feels like you’re the only one trying to hold it all together.

But girl, you are not your fears or your feed, not the likes, the labels, or what they

need. You’re a story still being written in ink, a storm, a spark, more powerful than you think.

So, take a breath—don’t rush your grace, there’s magic in your growing space. Being a teen is hard, it’s true, but there’s beauty in becoming you. 

Ruby Sterling - Scripted Dreams