Credits :

Reader : Alurinaa https://www.instagram.com/alurinaa/

Poem Title : A Lesson Learned Lately by Nikita Gill https://www.instagram.com/nikita_gill/?hl=en

Backsong : Prelude In A-Flat by Jackson Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eka3jKwoZc0

Cover Art by https://www.instagram.com/cznl_94/

Produced by cznl_94 with Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/

Poem Script : https://www.instagram.com/p/BxP1vmZHqoY/

Ask me what I find ugly about myself,

and I will point out wound after scar,

everything that hasn’t healed right,

everything that I wished away,

wished better, wished alive.

I have a thousand words for each injury,

ten thousand to give to my flaws’ tragedies,

yet if someone asked,

“Name something beautiful about yourself,”

the seconds feel like centuries of stifled silence.

And I wonder why it feels like I’m safer

when I’m languishing in self-hatred,

but have no kind words for the spirit

that has sustained me,

the body that has loved me,

and the mind that has tried its best

to heal from every cruel memory.

Perhaps the only way to start loving myself

is constantly reminding my heart

that I deserve better from me.