Around the Bend - A Confessional

Validation

You should not

ever even consider

begging a man

to love you.

I promise to you

that the next person

I give you to

will be worthy

-a letter to my heart

.

It's okay to distance yourself in order to protect yourself,

but don't forget about the people that truly love you.

don't

ever

allow

yourself

to

feel

small.

surviving this takes time.

time takes surviving.

this life is given to us.

to us,

to take advantage of.

never

forget

your

blessings.

the privileges that we take for granted

are the exact

dreams

wishes

wants

and needs

of others.

may we all know that

everyone exists-

everyone matters

everyone's life is validated.

I am beyond excuses,

I will never blame anyone,

but myself.

don't work so hard

that you forget

                        to enjoy yourself.

the clouds are your goals,

and the stars are your dreams,

and each new day or night,

they're still there

within your sight,

within you reach.

how can you change the world

when you're scared to change yourself?

the best thing about scars

is that eventually

you forget that they're there.

It's okay when you don't feel like getting out of bed. Its okay to lay in the dark and be by yourself for hours and hours. because sometimes you just need to live to fight another day.

there will come a day

when substances are no longer needed.

the people you love will stay

so don't feel so defeated.

you never need to look in other places

for your own validation

you can use your own standards as basis

for your own self-motivation

I believe in you.

no matter what you're going through.

the world works in mysterious ways,

so just sit back and enjoy your days.

you should never want someone so bad,

            that you give up

                        the important parts of you.

they will label you

as they have labeled me.

'daddy issues' is their go to

but they don't see

all of the other shit that we've been through

in time, I've learned to feel complete

without anyone else opinions of me,

and in time, you will too.

its okay if the sun is shining

and the birds are singing

but you don't feel like starting today

its okay to stay in bed

and waste the day

because the thing about days

is that they keep coming.

exhale the bad

don't let the rest drive you mad

this is a poem for all:

there is never a problem too tall

nor a hole too much of a fall.

There is never a load too heavy to haul,

nor a tunnel too far to crawl.

You never have not one friend to call,

so let this be a lesson to all.

Hang in there, ya'll.

don't work your life away

barely getting by

make what you do worth doing

and you'll never work a day in your life