I don't need you
to tell me I'm pretty
I know I am
But it helps to hear it
I don't need you
to tell me you love me
I already love me
But more love can't hurt
I don't need you
to tell me I'm a girl
I already am one
But sometimes it's hard
I don't need validation
I'm learning how to validate myself
Even though it's tough
But I'm going to keep trying
Because I know that
I am a lovely, pretty girl
#Poetry #MyBeautifulSky #SelfLove
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It's been a year
since I last held you
Since I last saw your smile
Since I last felt your joy
I still think of you
How you were always happy
How you thought you were bigger than everyone else
How you always took care of me
I can see your ghost
When I come home to quiet
When I wake up to no one there
When I lie down and no one runs over to me
One year later
I still cry for you
I still love you
I still miss you
#Poetry #JaiPoem #Love #Loss #InRemembrance
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I've been
abused tricked
betrayed
abandoned ostracized
hurt
This
is how trauma
is made
No matter what
anyone else says
I have trauma
I don't ask for pity
or admiration
I'm already
taking care of myself
For you see
Despite my trauma
I am still beautiful
I am still worthy
I am still enough
I am still sparkling
#Poetry #MyBeautifulSky #SelfLove #Healing
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Have you ever looked
at the stars in the sky
and wondered what's up there
moving and zooming about?
Have you ever looked
at the knots on a tree
and wondered if creatures
could be nestled among them?
Have you ever looked
at the blades of grass in a field
and wondered what civilizations
could be calling them home?
Have you ever looked
into what we call reality
and dared to dream
of what could be?
#Poetry #Nature #Peace #Imagination
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I need words
Full
of love
and praise
I need time
To laugh
To cry
To talk
To be heard
I need affection
The warm touch
Of one
I love
These
are my needs
It's valid
to express them
And they
are important
#Poetry #MyBeautifulSky #SelfCare #SelfLove
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Little mousegirl
Alone in a big world
searching for someone
to hold
Scared mousegirl
Monsters all around
never knowing
who to trust
Sad mousegirl
Hurt by the monsters
She's curled up
crying her tears
Lonely mousegirl
Cut off from the world
kept locked up
by her own fear
Kind mousegirl
Always trusting
no matter how many times
she gets hurt
Happy mousegirl
She found the good
The warm, loving people
with whom she belongs
#Poetry #Anxiety #Depression #Hope #SelfLove
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When I reach
the end
of a long day
I can lay down
and rest
I don't need
to earn it
I only need
to be tired
to allow myself
to rest
I don't need
to push myself
beyond my limits
I can simply
lay my head down
and rest
I won't forget
that I always need
my rest
#Poetry #MyBeautifulSky #SelfCare #Rest
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My body was made
producing the wrong chemicals
poisoning
the person
I am
This isn't a choice
The choice
was to put the correct chemicals
in my body
to make me
the person
I am
There's nothing wrong
I'm just different
I am beautiful
I can see that now
I can love
the person
I am
#Poetry #MyBeautifulSky #Trans #SelfLove
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I was a broken toy
Cast aside by so many people
Whenever they'd pick me up,
I'd smile and hope they'd accept me
But they never did
Over time, I learned
that I was no good to anyone
No one wanted me
I could only look forward
to being thrown away
Then one day, you came along
Picked me up and looked me over
And said,
“She's not broken,
She just needs a little love.”
You took me home
You cared for me and loved me
And showed me that I wasn't broken
That all those other people were wrong
I did just need a little love
It might be a long time
before I really believe it
but we've got plenty of time
So thank you for giving me
A little love
#Poetry #Love #Kindness #AcceptingOthers
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Even if I change myself
exaggerating or muting parts
to be accepted
I have no guarantee
that people won't reject me anyway
So why not be
me?
I will spend my whole life with myself
so it's more important
that I love me
than if other people love me
I'll be myself always
and learn to love all of me
If I've got to spend my whole life with someone
I think it's best
if I love her
#Poetry #MyBeautifulSky #BeMyself #SelfLove
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