Acceptance Poem by Barbara Dixion

Dear self,

This is who I am
This is all I've got
These are my mistakes
And everything I'm not
I'm not asking for your love
I want you to accepct me
LEt go of these chains
Set me free
Yes I mess up
And I'm nowhere near perfect
But are the brusises and scars
Really worth it
Maybe I'm just a kid
Who grew up way too fast
And I'm tryna make a future
But i'm stuck in the past
And you look so skinny
But You feel fat inside
You eat to cure
The emotions that have died
And you're dying to be loved
Cause you don't even love you
And you're sitting in pain
Don't know what to do
you look and smile in the mirrior
But the smile looks fake
And looking at yourself
Was another mistake
You hate yourself
And you wish you were pretty
And so you wallow
In your self pity
You're hoping to be accepcted
Cause you're so misunderstood
You'd change your life in a second
If only you could
Feel less worthless
And gain some self esteem
Maybe things wouldn't be
As bad as they seem
So you're writing yourself
This letter
In hopes that
You'll get better
Maybe one day you'll see
That you're a shooting star
You'll see that you've come
So very far
And accepct yourself
For who you are