September 16, 2024
I am hurting
Even if you
can't understand why
Just let me be sad
That's all
I need from you
To let me feel
How I'm going to feel
Don't tell me
about how other people
have it worse than me
Don't lecture me
about being proper
or using my manners
I have these feelings
Let me feel them
Let me cry
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # SelfCare # SettingBoundaries
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August 12, 2024
I don't deserve to be
Miserable
Crying in the corner
Where no one will see
I don't deserve to be
Excluded
Ignored and left behind
Without a thought
I don't deserve to be
Alone
Cast out and abandoned
Time and time again
I deserve
Love
Warmth Kindness Acceptance
Belonging Understanding
Better
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # SelfCare # NoToxicity # SelfLove
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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 25, 2024
Life happens fast
It hits hard, crushes us
So sometimes
you've gotta take a step back
This memo
That message
Those bills
Do they need to be dealt with now?
Or will they still be there?
It doesn't feel like it
The constant pressure yells
“DO IT NOW!”
“THIS IS IMPORTANT!”
But you know what?
You are important
So if you need a break
Take one
Because all of that life
It can wait
# Poetry # Life # SelfCare # LifeAdvice # YouAreImportant # Stress
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July 11, 2024
For such a long time
I'd go somewhere
I didn't feel comfortable
for the sake of others
For such a long time
I'd stay when I was tired
Pushing myself to be happy
for the sake of others
For such a long time
I'd burn myself out
Never getting what I wanted
for the sake of others
Now
I listen to and take care of myself
I recognized my own limits and say no
for the sake of me
# Poetry # SelfLove # Boundaries # SelfCare
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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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May 27, 2024
Today
my mind is for ME
Not the world's problems
Not my friends' problems
Not my loved ones' problems
ME
They are all so important
But if I worry about them
I'll be consumed
By tending those flowers
I'll forget all about my own
It's not
that I don't care
It's that I DO care
too much
So today
my mind is for me
I'll take my time
Focus on being me
And taking care of me
And loving ME
# Poetry # MyBeautifulSky # CareTooMuch # SelfCare
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May 2, 2024
It's okay to simply exist
no matter what anyone else insists.
I am valid, I am fine
It's my time to spend, mine
So I'll spend it resting if I choose
After all, I've got nothing to lose
by ignoring the grind outside
And right now, I'd rather be resting inside
I'll take my time until I'm ready to say
“Okay. Now it's time to take on the day.”
# Poetry # Life # SelfCare
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