I've recently been inspired to write poetry. I've always written thoughts like this in my journal, but never thought of it as "poetry." I deeply love and respect words so perhaps all this time, I've been a poet! How fun! ;) Would love to know if these words resonate with you! Let me know in the comments! This poem is about finally accepting myself AND the negative people and energy in my life that inadvertently, but perhaps purposefully, have gotten me to where I am today.
Thank you.
Thank you for not believing in me
For it has led me here.
Thank you for filling my mind with doubt, worry, concern and lack
For it has led me here.
Thank you for making me feel inadequate
like I was forever not good enough
For it has led me here.
Thank you for constantly putting me down
making me feel bad about feeling good
For it has led me here.
Thank you for doing everything you could to protect me from what's mine
to make me feel small
to make me feel safe
For it has led me here.
Without your criticism, your fear, and your lack of belief in yourself
I wouldn’t be where I am today.
They say you need darkness to see the light
But the darkness doesn’t have to be mine.
- a message to all my haters
Love,
Cat