love yourself

x.

NOT

you are not your age
nor the size of the clothes you wear,
you are not a weight
or the color of your hair.
you are not your name
or the dimples in your cheeks,
you are all the books you read
and all the words you speak,
you are your croaky morning voice
and the smiles you try to hide,
you're the sweetness in your laughter
and every tear you've cried,
you're the songs you sing so loudly
when you know you're all alone,
you're the places that you've been to
and the one that you call home,
you're the things that you believe in
and the people that you love,
you're the photos in your bedroom
and the future you dream of,
you're made of so much beauty,
but it seem that you forgot
when you decided that you were defined
by all the things you're not.

— erin hanson.