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Poem: Will I Ever Have, The Courage To Change?

A tile saying "love your self".

photo credits: Flickr/DonnaHollywood

Three decades of life; it’s done.

Worn and torn, this body and soul

Looking back on my journey,

So short, yet Oh, so long!

 

As I view you; my body,

I earnestly wish that I could love thee.

I wish I could see the beauty,

That my lover claims to see.

I wish I could see beauty,

In the rolls of fat and heaving breasts.

I wish I could see beauty,

In the wrinkles all over my face.

 

As I view you; my soul

All I see is gloom and despair

I wish I could see a glimmer of hope

I wish I could see better days

I wish I could feel some nimbleness there

Yet all I see is gloom and despair.

 

There’s a stranger staring back at me

As I gaze into a candid glass

I fail to see that child,

Who, once was full of light

I fail to see that child,

Who knew to love herself

I wonder where she went

I search, I know, In vain!

 

I wonder,

Will I ever shine bright, as she once did?

Will I ever love myself, like she once did?

Will I ever have, the courage to change?

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