Force

I've ever told you

"I love myself"

I was lying

If I've ever told you

"I've finally accepted myself"

I was lying

If I've ever told you

"I'm beautiful just the way I am."

I was lying

I have spent years

loathing myself

tearing myself to

Shreds

every second

of every day

Screaming

Screeching

Shrieking

Internally

How am I still

Here?

How did I not succumb

To those wounds

A small voice was there

Gasping

Crawling

Fighting

For air

Enough

Stop

Why

Help

A stream of light

Through the cave in

A strong hand

A glowing smile

He didn't rescue me right away

Or maybe he did

It just wasn't the way I thought

The rescuing was

Supposed to work

It wasn't a knight in shimmering

Armor brandishing his sword

It was shield a force

field of light

It encased me

Protected me

Healed me

Healed him

Bit by bit

Until I could see it too

What's he's been trying

Tell

Show

Love

Me