You wonder on the coldest of nights

“Do they love me?”

Yet the most important wonder is

Do you love yourself?

If you often find yourself changing

To please creation

Stop yourself

Grab yourself

With care of course

Sit yourself down

Take a breath

And have a mental conversation

Who are you?

What makes you, you?

What’s your purpose of life?

What struggles have you overcome?

Are you checking in with yourself

Like you check in with others?

Are you loving yourself 

like you love others?

How much energy do you put into appealing to others?

Do you exceed that energy to appeal to yourself?

What do they see in you?

What do you see in yourself?

Hold yourself

Tell yourself

“I love you, self.

All that you were.

All that you are.

All that you will be”

No validation needed