i hate when people tell me
you can’t love anyone until you love yourself
because the truth is
i don’t love myself
i don’t think i ever learned how
but that doesn’t mean i am this
empty shell of a person
with apathy flowing through their veins
i am so full of love that it hurts
i am bursting at the seams with how much love i can hold
and i do not hesitate
to spread it
because i know what it’s like
not to receive it
maybe the day will come
where i do love myself
but until then
do not tell me that i am incapable
of loving or being loved
because i am
i am
