
How does it make you feel
to see someone
mistreating themselves
to hear them poison their mouth
with self-hate language
or disrespect their soul
with insecurities
does not your intestines cringe
do they not wrap themselves around the wrongness there
the diseased spirit of a person defeated
does not your stomach turn into knots
does not the human in you cry out
now imagine
if you were outside your own body
and observing yourself
poisoning your mouth with self-hate language
and disrespecting your soul with insecurities
do your intestines cringe?
do they wrap themselves around the wrongness there?
do you recognize the diseased spirit of a person defeated?
does your stomach turn into knots?
when you are self-hating yourself
does the human in you
Cry Out
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Your poem is powerful and I think people out there are poisonous to themselves because of negativity but then there are people out there who encourage positivity.
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Thanks so much. And I agree.
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Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome, Yecheilyah!
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