Self care is showering
for the first time in a week
It's remembering to eat
And pushing through my anxiety
when the phone rings
Self care is gritty
It's ***** and rough and almost living
Learning to love myself is a dark, twisted path
full of thickets and chiggers
and shadows trying to lure me astray
It's trying to understand
that I am worth more than my broken parts
That I can be more than a peach pit heart
with arsenic pumping through my veins
Self care is knowing no one can save me from me
I will rescue myself
I can be my own hero
Self care is broken knuckles and ****** knees
from fighting my own castle walls
It is meeting myself in a battle of will
and being aware I might not succeed
Self care is pushing on,
when all the signs scream run away,
because I've been running for too long
So, at least for now,
I'll face the danger of self care
Dec 6, 2015
Dec 6, 2015 at 9:58 AM UTC
Self care is showering
for the first time in a week
It's remembering to eat
And pushing through my anxiety
when the phone rings
Self care is gritty
It's ***** and rough and almost living
Learning to love myself is a dark, twisted path
full of thickets and chiggers
and shadows trying to lure me astray
It's trying to understand
that I am worth more than my broken parts
That I can be more than a peach pit heart
with arsenic pumping through my veins
Self care is knowing no one can save me from me
I will rescue myself
I can be my own hero
Self care is broken knuckles and ****** knees
from fighting my own castle walls
It is meeting myself in a battle of will
and being aware I might not succeed
Self care is pushing on,
when all the signs scream run away,
because I've been running for too long
So, at least for now,
I'll face the danger of self care
WHAT'S UP NERDS!!? GUESS WHO'S BACK!!!!! I'M SO HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!! (this probably won't last but I hope my inspiration sticks around for a little while longer than last time)
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