August 5, 2024
I have boundaries
They are designed
To keep me safe
I've learned them
Through trial and error
From times I've been hurt
And had to heal
To stay safe
If you cross one
Without knowing
I will forgive you
Even if
I need to take space
To stay safe
If you ignore them
Criticize me for them
or shame me for them
Then I will need a new one
I will need to stay away
from you
To keep me safe
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # SettingBoundaries # SelfCare # NoToxicity
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July 29, 2024
My thoughts and feelings
are valid and important
I choose to express them
to you
But you didn't ask
about me or how I felt
You discarded my words
They meant nothing to you
So I'm finished
I won't let you back in
to my mind or my heart
If you won't listen to me
Then I won't talk to you
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # NoToxicity # Listening # SettingBoundaries # SelfCare
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July 22, 2024
I know
what you did
I know
why you did it
I've heard
your side
I've listened
to what you felt
And I understand
That doesn't mean
it didn't hurt
I'm okay with it
it was right
It will take time
to accept
to heal
to forgive
Now it's your turn
to listen
to know
to understand
This is what's best
for me
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # NoToxicity # Healing # SettingBoundaries
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July 15, 2024
My wants
are important
They deserve
to be heard
My needs
are important
They deserve
to be met
My boundaries
are important
They deserve
to be respected
My feelings
are important
They deserve
to be understood
I
am important
I deserve
to be loved
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # SelfLove
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July 8, 2024
How to listen
How to support
How to accept
How to understand
How to heal
How to learn
How to love
What I learned
from my family
Who has listened
Who has supported
Who has accepted
Who has understood
Who has healed
Who has learned
Who has loved
For you
I will always
Be thankful
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # Family # Love
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July 1, 2024
You can tell me
that who and what I am is wrong
but I won't let it get to me
You can ignore my feelings
while rambling on without end
but I will still try to listen
You can refuse to consider
what I or anyone else wants
but I will still ask what you want
No matter how you yell
No matter how you argue
No matter how you hurt me
I will remember
You're learning
You're growing
You've got a good heart
You will always be my baby boy
And I will never stop loving you
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # Family # Love # Parenting
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June 24, 2024
Sometimes
Life hits HARD
too fast to react too strong to take too much to bear and I have to stop and rest
When I do
I realize I wasn't ready
Life was worse
than I thought it'd be
It's so easy
to become jaded
to assume
Life will always be
this bad
Sometimes
Life surprises me
it's soft and calming, gentle and kind, warm and loving
Life is looking out for me
I realize
Life was better
than I thought it'd be
It's so hard
to take Life
one day at a time
But I still have
those moments of kindness
to remind me
That Life isn't always as bad
As I thought it'd be
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # Life # Hope
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June 17, 2024
When life is too much
When it hits too hard
It helps to know
That I can stop
and listen
to the sounds of life
Close my eyes
Take deep breaths
Listen
Birds
Piano
Guitar
Drums
Laughter
Song
Happiness
Rain
Love
Life goes on
All around me
And I know
I can listen
And remember
that I'm not alone
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # Life # Nature
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June 10, 2024
It has taken
years
and years
and years
To see myself
As more than my mistakes
To love myself
Despite the times
I didn't think
I didn't know
I didn't understand
If that is all YOU see
If you cannot accept
That I am NOT perfect
Then all YOU are doing
is holding ME back
and I deserve so much better
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # NoToxicity # SelfCare
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June 3, 2024
I've held on
to so much
for so long
So much pain
So much regret
So much resentment
I never knew how
to let go
But it's time
That I start learning
Deep breaths
Open my hands
Let go
It's finally time
To let it all go
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # SelfCare # MovingOn
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