My mom used to say "love others first then you can learn to love yourself"
and I used to believe her.
I thought loving myself was selfish,
self indulgent,
narcissistic,
but now I know she wanted me to lose myself
in others
perhaps the way she did .
Maybe that was the only form of love she knew.
Perhaps she wanted me to be dependent.
Either way her truth is unforgiving.
How can I learn to love myself through others
when I'm a stranger to me?
--(Please note the original poem ends here I'm not sure if I will be adding on to this)--
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Author's Note- This is something I still struggle with tbh. I did get taught to put others first always and then yourself but eventually you lose yourself if you ever knew who you were to begin with. Please learn from me don't people please don't think its selfish to say no or take a whole day to yourself. Enjoy your life it is yours for a reason. <3
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My teenage poetry
PoetryHello this is just a collection of poems I found mostly written by my teenage self (some were written later) and please note I was in a horrible mindset when I wrote these along with being emotionally fueled. A lot of these are not finished perhaps...
