POETRY THAT STAYS

self love should be a thing

It's now a common thing for everyone in our generation to be loving another person just to avoid the feeling of being alone.

Many hearts have been broken by this idea and this needs to be stopped before you build houses using other people only to find out that they can never be your home.

Self love is so important and we have been blinded by the idea that loving someone can make us feel complete or whole. You see, love arrives when you least expect it. Love is so deep that it's impossible to explain what it really means. You do not deserve to be an option because love is not only a choice, it is a covenant between you and your partner. You do not deserve to be treated like you are just another flower in an open field— you are a beautiful creation who deserves to be taken care of as if you were a sunflower that needs to grow. You deserve the love you try to give to the world.

So please promise me that you will never use another soul to make yourself feel as though you must be valued. Love will unconditionally give that to you, but for now I pray you will do it to yourself first before you ask or give it to somebody else.