The greatest thing I ever did for me
was forgive myself
for being human

for being weak
and wrong
and scared

my monsters
fear, apathy, and self doubt
never left

I just accepted them
like accepting the pain of a wound
as part of your body

and your body as an integrated portion
of your mind
a hand an extension of your soul

So I take the broken parts of myself
and build around them
like a garden growing over