To Let Myself Bloom

To Let Myself Bloom

I always tell the moon

she's beautiful every chance

I get,

wish I could be that kind

to myself but it's a work in progress;

some days I look in the mirror

and I see a beautiful goddess

other days I look in the mirror and

see nothing but my flaws—

but I remind myself I have never

seen myself through the eyes

of those who love me,

I only know my face by

mirrors and photographs and 

perhaps sometimes neither

are honest to my overly critical mind;

I am one of a kind

the only me

sometimes I think I just need

to let myself bloom

and not worry so much about 

the rest.

Author: Linda M Crate

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Photo Credit: Elisa Photography on Unsplash