This Is The Day

Make up your mind to like who you are!

My face is sullen

I feel weak,

shunned by everyone

 

Each day I condemn my soul

for I know I am worthless

I grovel in my  own self pity

 

My esteem is low, almost empty

I expose myself to disapproving eyes daily

life is destroying me little by little

 

I want to like myself,

be someone I'm proud of,

not be afraid to speak

 

AND I decided this is the day,

I will look at myself differently

I will stand up for me

I will love me

 

AND I decided this is the day,

you won't make me feel bad

you are out of my life

you never loved me anyway

 

AND I decided this is the day,

everyone can accept me or not

everyone can love me or not

everyone can be proud of who I am or not

 

BECAUSE this is the day,

I found me

 

Author's Note

Hope it's readable, tell me what you think!

Reviews

[Honey]

woo! well, im glad she found herself ^-^
this was awesome
i read it to my mom too (she thought it was depressing, but i dont know why..)
but the text makes this kinda hard to read >-<
otherwise, this was really good, and something that im sure everyone can relate to

Very nice! When reading I felt weak , then felt it built up to making feel strong! Great work

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this is a strong/powerfully/affirming poem-wonderful :)

[JulieNorell]

Wow! Very strong poem! People are always looking to bring someone down! Way to be confident! Everyone has things they like and dislike about themselves and usually no one else can see it!

[Julie Beth]

this is powerful you did an amazing job great job :)

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

powerful affirmation ~ great writing!~

[Undying Glory]

strong and powerful work here, and words simply cannot describe how glorious the day when you finally earn your identity and stand up to everyone who tries to put you down. you've really written well here. in terms of errors you did miss out the word "to" in "you want make me feel bad" but what does that matter anyway? awesome stuff

[G. K. Bostic]

What a wonderful day that is! Yay! Two little fixes: In the 6th verse you have a typo that says want and should be won't (I think), and no s on the word anyway.
I love the empowerment of the poem. Too many people suffer from low self-esteem brought on by words/actions of others.

[Cynthia]

Great Work here! Powerful write

[sarah]

great great work a really wonderful meaning and very strong