Love Yourself

Love yourself.

Even when it feels like nobody else does.

Because I love you.

To me, loving someone means you’d protect them from anything when they need it most.

As a musician once said, “How do you expect respect when you reject to give it to yourself?”

You can’t expect respect and love if you don’t love and respect yourself as well.

You could be an asshole for all I care.

If you love yourself, then I’m happy for you, asshole.

If you love yourself, you’ll see brighter things.

If you want to be a stripper, then strip all you want.

If you want to be in music, then pick up an instrument, sing, or produce if you want.

If you love yourself, you’ll be happy with it.

Don’t listen to anyone if they tell you different.

Don’t listen when they say that you’re nothing.

Because you aren’t less than what you really are.

What you are is a person with a chance at life.

This is your moment.

This is your chance.

This is your life.

Everything that belongs to you is obviously yours.

And if that is obvious enough, then shouldn’t your love be yours too.

Especially when you need it.

You don’t need me or anyone else to say it to you.

You just need to say it to yourself.

Your love is what matters to you.

People care about so much, but do they always care about themselves?

I know that it’s sometimes hard.

Because I’ve gone weeks without worrying a bout what happens to me.

But there are nights.

Just that one night.

That night when I realized that maybe I might matter to someone.

And if I’m wrong about someone caring right now, then I know that one day someone will.

Everyone will.

just remember that we all may not get what we really want, but that isn’t always a bad thing.

The only thing that is bad is when someone doesn’t love themselves.

So you have to.

For the sake of everything.

Just love yourself.

You have to.

Nobody will ever love you more than you do.

I promise that you’ll be fine

You will be okay.

Things are tough, but don’t forget that someone will always love you.

And they’ll always love you as long as you love yourself.

 
This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
My country

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