Self-love

What it is and why we need it

Love yourself without

Looking in the mirror

Snapping a selfie

Begging to be petted

Begging to be seen

Begging like a suppliant for a smile.

Love yourself with pride

Love the quiet sound your breathing makes

Love the widening of your eyes at daybreak

And the shushing of your soul at night.

Love into action what you imagine

Love even as you hurl yourself body first into despair.

Love others as yourself, as if your life depended on it.

As if you are tethered to the other

Both of you hanging on for dear life

Both of you on the precipice of indifference.

Should you notice you’re of a paler hue,

Should you want to look away in fear, hate, disgust

Look into the fire and never avert your stare,

For if you love yourself, you will see a part of you standing there.

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