notformymother

You can\'t love another if you don\'t love yourself -

But they never said that you couldn\'t try anyways.

 

I have poured misplaced love in each gap I\'ve crossed

Behind locked eyes with rose colored vision,

I gave a part of myself away with each glance

In another failed attempt of a rescue mission.

 

Day after day, I chipped away.

And maybe it was easier that way,

To write a love letter instead of a goodbye.

To put the power to hurt in someone else\'s hands,

So I could nurse the unseen cuts they left behind. 

 

I no longer seek self-injurious lust disguised as love.

I am not a vessel for someone else\'s pain.

I look for strength in myself and not above,

And I no longer say the names of those who hurt me most in vain.

I choose to find gratitude in the parts of my life that were hardest to survive,

And I have made a conscious decision to value those around me without self deprecation.

 

After all, I was the one who kept myself alive,

And for that I have my appreciation.