For So Long

respect yourself

we can lie 

but our animal will find us

  

you can only hide

for so long

before it comes...

to crush the ego,

    then, where will we hide?

where will we go?

to a place of fantasy?... or the frigid embrace of reality?

what will we use us for?

Author's Note

Self respect is how we truly see the other with respect. Empathy is impossible if you hate yourself.