I Used to Hate My Name

I used to hate my name

Before I heard it fall from your lips a thousand times

Like gold

Flowing like a waterfall

And my name had never sounded so sweet

I used to dig and try and rub away my flaws

Until you kissed each scar and told me I was beautiful

You made me seem like a being of power

That in your eyes I could achieve anything

I used to hate my voice

Before my tongue found your name and whispered it like something sacred

I found warmth in its lulls and cracks

And it's truly my own

I used to view myself with disdain

My average worthlessness

But you brought me love and light and taught me how to love myself

You took a match and lit a candle in my heart and it still burns

Even after you spoke gold into another's throat

And heard another voice speak your name

After you kissed a million scars that were not mine

You brought love into my heart and I made it my own

Claimed my own soul and worth and freed myself from you but not your teachings

My name is the power behind my words and the foundation on which I stand

My voice is like the music of a babbling brook

My flaws are as varied and beautiful as the skybound clouds

And no one

Not a single living being

Can steal the love I have for myself