I don't own any of the X Men. But I take better care of them than Marvel does.
I have the loft all to myself. It is a place of tranquillity, full of the sunlight's shining serenity and the fresh whispering of the wind through the open windows. And the door locks too.
Here I can be alone and be a woman.
Among the X Men, I have to be a leader, a teacher, a hero and (Bright Lady preserve me) even a mother figure. Too often I am a goddess, above the straining insanity of mortals. But here I can be a woman.
I dance with no music to distract me and no clothes to hinder me, my eyes shut to both stretch my soul beyond mere sight and to enclose that same feeling around me. I move as the impulse takes me, my unshackled emotions flowing as gracefully as my body, and my mind is set free to wander with Mother Earth.
Here I remember who I am – the sky sheds summer tears of happiness and smiles a rainbow for me.
In this quiet moment I am free, I am happy.
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