FOREST ✰ POETRY

» note to self

i wished that you took pride,
in everything that you did.
for no city lights and bright skies,
could measure up to your sincere smile.

i wished that you weighted those three words,
i love yous were said even if you hadn't meant it,
those pretty strings of words that fell out of your stevia lips,
has caused yourself and others around you to buy your sweetened lies.

i wished that you valued yourself,
words cut through only if they were sharp.
but words have no meaning and purpose,
because meanings exist in and among people.
so let those toxic rinse out of your soul,
ignorance is bliss at moments like these.

how is loving yourself,
the fundamentals of life,
when the simplest thing to do,
is often the one you could never achieve.