I look outside
and I see the blue sky
mixed with the sparse white clouds
and I realize there is no better of a time
than now.

You bought me a book
for my birthday
I opened it up today
The book told me
I am a queen
I am enough love for myself
That the princess will save herself
I go back to the irony
this was your gift to me
without even knowing
You taught me to love myself
because you couldn’t love me
in the way I needed you to
because you didn’t appreciate me
in the way I wanted you to
Now your actions and gift
have given me an invaluable lesson
of the gifts I owe myself