I've Decided To Love Myself

I've decided to love myself

I've decided to embrace my braces

and soft tummy

small curves and bumpy arms

I intend to love my flutter brain tendencies and astronaut orbits

I'm not bad at math; I just have a higher concentration of pixie dust in my blood

than most

There are pay offs you have to make when you're born a poet

common sense, for example

And I'm going to start complimenting myself,

when I look in the mirror

instead of finding every flaw, I will trace constellations in my eyes

comment on my high cheek bones and long lashes, gentle waist

That's how I will define my body; gentle

I don't lack muscle definition, I am a gentle soul, gentle body

I am of Botticelli's spring

soft skin, flowing white limbs

I've decide to love myself

Because I only have one life time as this person

and I'm not going to change

I've already spent enough of these sixteen years

molding my skin and soul into a form I'll never hold

I will not say anymore

“I'll probably be pretty when I'm older.”

or “Maybe I'll be smarter..”

As of today, I am officially

smart

and

pretty

And I've made myself the authority on that

I am now the only voice of authority that can truly determine what I'm worth

And according to myself, I've decided I am worth a lot

No one can deny me respect, acceptance, and love

besides myself

why?

Because I said so.

And after so long debating whether my word was of value

Why wouldn't it be?

So from this day forward,

I love myself, my spirit, my soul,

my gentle body and brains

Because why shouldn't I?