?more than just enough?
-sueZetteyasminrobotham
?Is this the way to live for me to be yours?? Is it wrong to want more??-Feist
I?ve never actually been one of those people that has proclaimed that ?I deserve? anything. I don?t really recall anything being simply handed to me. I work hard?I play hard?and so anything that I have?I have earned. There are things that I need. There are things that I want. There are things that I desire. There are things that I even crave, but I?ve never felt that there was anything that I deserved.
Well that was until this past weekend as I sat on the floor of my sister-friend?s bedroom listening to Frank Ocean.? I don?t know why I felt the need to listen to Thinkin? Bout You on rinse and repeat, but there I sat glued. I?m not new to that song and yet each time I started it over, it felt like I was being reintroduced to it. Perhaps it is because I have felt the emotions in every single note, key, chord, melody, and verse of that song. Frank was telling some of my story, a lot of my story actually.
Although I have had very few and limited engagements at ?Vulnerability Caf??, I?ve done it. You can believe whatever you want about the Zodiac signs; this Scorpio woman subscribes to it and being open is not my thing. I?m the life of the party?I love people, but when it comes to love and relationships?I tend to keep my heart quietly removed from public scrutiny.
While I?ve watched my friends fall madly in and out of love-allowing themselves to find the one and the next and the next, I tend to dilly dally in surface relationships -waiting for the person worthy of the exchange of energy called love. Just to be clear, I have experienced the act of being in love. And while the end felt tragic?I have accepted the fact that?in order to truly appreciate what love is?sweet sacrifice?I had to be willing to take the stage at and give it my all.
Falling out of love sucked?Hard!
And I decided that there would be no more performances until?
As I sat there listening to Frank Ocean, mulling over why it was I was paralyzed by the song, something dawned on me. There would be no more performances until he who was willing to give me more than just enough joined me on stage.
For the first time I was ready to verbalize the following, ?I deserve someone that is willing to love and give me just as much I want to love and give.?
I didn?t simply need, want, desire, or crave holistic love?I deserved it.
I deserved and still deserve the opportunity to be vulnerable without fear with someone who is willing to give me more than ?just enough.?
I?ve had such beautiful instances or moments with people. And while I?m more than aware that every person in your life serves a purpose and is meant to spend a reason, season, or lifetime in your zone; I?ve only had snapshots. Your girl is ready for the entire picture.
I?m ready for my love story. I don?t want to be anywhere thinking about someone and what they may or may not have meant or what it felt like. I deserve to know what that love story feels like.
I don?t need, want, or desire the occasional outing, or random text messages, or guest appearance on ?Moi?s Back.? I deserve the opportunity to be fully engaged in growing something meaningful, sustainable, rich, and rewarding. I deserve the opportunity to be loved and to love simultaneously damn it!
I am more than just enough. I am enough. More than enough!
*drops mic and exits stage left*
About the author:?
sueZette is Northern-born, Southern-reared, and island infused. sueZette is on a journey 
through infinite possibilites?enjoying each experience along the way. You can also check her out on Centric TV?s Culturelist Blog where she serves as the resident love & relationship writer.?sueZette will be relaunching her personal blog soon. Stay tuned!
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