recycled poetry

"love yourself first"

you know, i never really understood why
people said to love yourself before you
love someone else, but i think that i am
starting to, in a way.

of course, it's different for everyone,
but for me, well,

i never understood why anyone would
be attracted to me before, but i think
that i am starting to, in a way.

i've still yet to want the love i'm offered,
but i've begun to look for it in my
reflection, in my heart and my mind.

in me.

i am growing and i am recognizing
both my flaws and my strengths,
and i am accepting love from no
one but myself.

i have begun to see why i would be
desired, but i have not begun to
want to be desired by anyone.

i suppose the saying may not be
true after all. taking the time
to love myself hasn't made me
yearn for romance — but it has
made me strong.

maybe the saying should simply be
that self love is not selfish, or that
love is first found in all of the wrong
places before you finally see that you've
been looking everywhere except for
where you should have been:
inside of yourself.

maybe it should be love yourself first,
and then you will know what
you deserve.

love yourself however you are
able, and then you will appreciate
the love you are given.

learn to love yourself, even if you
learn through the love someone else
gives to you, because then you will
understand why you are given it.

love yourself. self love is not selfish.

do not settle for less than what you
deserve — discover, first, that you
deserve only the best, and then
don't accept anything less.

you know, i never really understood why
people said to love yourself before you
love someone else, but i think that i am
starting to, in a way.

not entirely, though.

maybe it's only slightly true.
i'll find out, don't worry.

i'm working on the answer, and i
think that i'm onto something.