Every "good job" I get from you,
gives me this immense validation,
one which I never thought I was looking for.
I never realized until now,
how nice it was,
to hear someone tell you
"good job"

Maybe because,
I could count
in one hand,
the times I heard someone
genuinely tell me
I did good.

I want to say thank you.

I didn't know validation
felt that good.

Because you interpret what you want,
not what I meant.

Don't like my poems because...
You think they color me in a light
that is easier to accept.
I am, what I am, all things-
My past, present
None of it I regret.

Don't like my poems because
you think I'm a genius.
I am just a 22 year old girl,
struggling to type this two minutes
before you will read it.

Don't like my poems because
I am pretty.
Well thank you.
But there's SO MUCH MORE
to anyone of us
But I really am grateful.

Don't like my poems because
you want me to like yours.
I probably will, already do,
I love all verse.

Don't like my poems because
I said do not like them.
I am human,
doing my best
and these words...at least I get them out
most insecurities, doubt, and humanity
**fight them