Be Yourself! Poem by Dorota Szumilas

do we always have to be
appreciated

do we have to depend on
approval

can't we alone find
ourselves

so that we don't have
to regret not being understood

'I don't understand you'
someone will say
and he will probably
never do!

then

you yourself
have to understand
that

no one can fully
understand us

and stop looking for yourself
in others

there you will only find
a reflection
and often not the best one

search for yourself
as not to destroy

your chances to be yourself

look for yourself
in relation to God

that's where you'll find the most
beautiful image

(transl. by Urszula Sledziewska)