Self Acceptance

a poem about self love and self acceptance

And it's here where I find it...

What once was lost, mocking me at every turn

voices in my head that capitalize on my self pity

false confidence sapping away at my self love

the façade slips and someone sees me raw and

I wasn't ready to expose my true nature

Nature...

it changes, it folds, it unravels into incomparable beauty

Ever outgrowing  its own environment 

The warmest hug  to the coldest shoulder

Harsh and bitter, light and loving, and I  can't think of one soul

who would hate the nature of origin.

So why am  I afraid to exist in mine?

Only the fool dives in head first,

and yet... I'm ready to dive.

Cured from wounds left by strangers and family

year after year, fighting to  know what's lovable

I am worthy of so much more

And it's here where I find it.