when I needed love for me, from me

I love to be loved and to love in return

To learn to be loved and to love to be learned

To be wholly in and yet wholly alone

To stand by my side and to stand on my own

Not missing a piece or a piece to be missed

No desire to fit in where the fitter might fit

My mind speaks its mind and then mouths its reply

And my hands hold my hands and my feet hold me high

My spine stands as tall as my backbone is strong

I'm not always right but I've never been wrong

The good with the bad and the bad with the worst

Petals in bloom and roots in the dirt

A whole of its parts and its parts broken still

Can still love and be loved and believe me,

I will

#selflove