Angela

Last year tested everything I thought I knew

Bilateral replacements just to make it through

Packed up my boxes, brought my life back home

Moving in with family so I wouldn't be alone

It's hard to ask for shelter when you're used to standing tough

But I'm finally realizing that I've always been enough

Oh, Angela, you don't have to be perfect to be loved

You don't have to fit the shape the world is dreaming of

You are beautifully wired, autistic and unique

With a sharp sense of humor when the days are looking bleak

Through the healing and the changes, let the heavy armor fall

You are worthy, you are wonderful, exactly through it all

I see the world in details other people might miss

There's a beauty in a mind that works exactly like this

It takes a lot of courage to be different out loud

But I'm looking in the mirror and I'm feeling pretty proud

I've got a stubborn kind of spirit that refuses to bend

I'm becoming my own comfort, I'm becoming my own friend

Oh, Angela, you don't have to be perfect to be loved

You don't have to fit the shape the world is dreaming of

You are beautifully wired, autistic and unique

With a sharp sense of humor when the days are looking bleak

Through the healing and the changes, let the heavy armor fall

You are worthy, you are wonderful, exactly through it all

Learning how to walk again, steadying my stride

Finding out that family is standing by my side

I used to think I had to hide the parts that didn't blend

But resilience is a fire that I'm learning how to tend

I am standing on my own two feet, even when I lean

I'm the truest version of myself that I have ever been

So, Angela, you don't have to be perfect to be loved

You don't have to fit the shape the world is dreaming of

You are beautifully wired, autistic and unique

With a sharp sense of humor when the days are looking bleak

Through the healing and the changes, let the heavy armor fall

You are worthy, you are wonderful, exactly through it all