-Love-
All you have to do is love yourself
at least that's what people say.
How can you tell someone that pernicious thoughts will simply not go away.

Loving anything is hard
when your inside is receding away.
If beauty is on the inside,
I'm as shallow as they come.
With an inside eroding
the more my face and hair are done.

The best I can accomplish
is to tear my inside out.
With ****** arms and a torn up soul
how could I love myself.

I've put the beauty on the outside,
with all the blood and gore.
Because I can't love myself,
I'm not what they're looking for.