Been spending
my 20s learning
how to fight my ego
First, I was shown
how to love myself
But there was
someone else sitting there
Jeering at me,
showing me how ugly it is
so I learned the lead hook on LSD
And hit that monkey in the head
I saw him scamper away
in the corner
Of my periphery,
Leaving only the moon
to meet
I felt her soul kiss me
on the forehead --
My face in the picture frame half full --
Something I had never
felt before,
Self love was not about me anymore