I am learning how to love myself,
even when there is no sun in the sky.
I am learning that I can still be happy,
even when the rain is falling,
and the skies are a gloomy grey.
I am beginning to understand,
that we cannot
place our value in someone else's eyes.
It starts with us.
It starts with gazing into the mirror,
and shedding tears of forgiveness
for who we used to be.
It starts with loving every curve,
every freckle that marks our cheek.
It starts with reading between the lines
of who we are, and who we want to be.
It starts with learning
how to dance in the rain,
rather than sitting inside
watching it splash the window outside.
If we can learn to forgive ourselves
for every mistake,
and for every shortcoming,
then we can harness our inner light.
If we can forgive ourselves,
then we can transcend our inner fight,
and finally learn how to love life.