Have you ever noticed how the truth can get buried under a really good performance by someone who is seen as “good”?

i can’t font you how many “glinda the good witches” i’ve met in my time on this forest.
the ones who sparkle with kindness and virtue because of wealth or popularity.
if we’re being 110%,
they were all “glinda the good bitches” because eventually,
it’s almost theatrical how their exposure is.

Unfortunately for you,
you don’t get the luxury of an apology from the munchkins who listened.
You just end up all wet.

funny enough,
i’ve never seen or read wicked…

for the longest time,
the musical was just something karaoke obsessed over.
as kids,
she’d belt out the songs in her car,
but i wasn’t ready to hear the message back then.
i was too busy trying to fit in with the “glindas”.

Recently,
Karaoke broke down the plot for me and WHOA.
Even Foxholers joined in with this amazing plot too.

i understood the green one.
let’s face it: i was the green one.
there were times in my life when i became the center of a lie so elaborate,
i’d almost believed it.
everyone believed it not because it made sense,
but because it was easier to believe the lie because i wasn’t like the straights.

Isn’t that the real tragedy tho?

when you’re painted as the villain,
many people rarely pause to ask,
“what’s your side of the story?”
instead,
they choose sides based off of being followers or fear of being outcasted with you.

I thank those people who stood by me.
I will always honor them for getting context.
They are the true supporting characters in my side of story.

i know when i finally sit down to watch wicked,
it’s going to hit me hard.
i’ll probably cry,
maybe even get a little mad,
because it’ll remind me of all the times i was misunderstood,
judged,
and blamed.
i’ll remember the trauma and how difficult it was to love myself because of it.
here’s what i’ve learned:
being green means being different,
and being different means having a story no one else can tell.
maybe that’s not a tragedy…

Maybe it’s the kind of power that helps you defy gravity.

lowkey: i got emotional writing this LOL