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How to Love Me

Self Love

By kat belairePublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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I have to remind myself how to love the skin that crawls from me ,

How these scars are a sign of beauty ,

That the numbers on the scale don't prevail ,

Arms like matchsticks ,

Legs like bricks ,

How can I love a body like this ,

To love me ,

is to be forced to accept my flaws others cannot see ,

I look in the mirror and wonder when I'll see,

Myself as someone worthy of the word beauty,

I tell myself that beauty isn't skin deep ,

Try to remind myself how to love someone that you have to keep ,

I am stuck with me for the rest of my life ,

I have to remind myself how to love my own face ,

Tell myself I'm someday gonna find my place ,

I look at the twisted bits of red inflamed acne skin ,

Ask myself how to begin ,

I run my hands down my sides and pretend I am my own lover ,

I tell myself I will no longer put myself under another ,

I hold onto myself and remind me there's no one else here for me but me ,

I tell myself to finally look and see ,

To finally tell me about my own beauty ,

I try to look inside my heart ,

I've realized to love someone else is easy but to love yourself is the hardest part ,

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kat belaire

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