Holding myself to
higher standards, trying to
forgive my own faults.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 159.”
selflove
SOL: Mercy
The seaside home post
Hurricane; windows knocked in with
Loving tenderness, glass
Causing explosions of light across
A night sky that raucously
Applauds the natural disaster.
Shingles all but blown off, flapping
Half-heartedly in the breeze, a sad
Showing of resilience.
Door open for the world to see, hiding
Nothing yet the curtains are drawn
On the windows, false modesty.
Protecting the destruction inside as
The water trickles in, soaking the
Stairs with unstoppable power.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “I Am That House.”
SOL: Withheld
she loves me with a
tenderness i was never
able to return
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 76.”
SOL: Avoidance
I fell in love with
So many things, I forgot
To love myself first
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 42.”
MIND: Materialize
Self love is also remembering to let others love you.
Come out of hiding.
// Irisa Yardenah
MIND: Deserving
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
// Gautama Buddha
MIND: Inversion
you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you
// Nayyirah Waheed
MIND: Value
Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you.
Read it over.
Again.
Let those words resonate in your mind.
// Nayyirah Waheed.
