that “you” inside of you
telling you
“no, don’t do that”
“you don’t want that”
“that’s not meant for you”
“you’ll be disappointed”
“they’re lying to you”
“they didn’t do this thing,
so they don’t care about you”
“you’re worthless”
“if you fail, you’re worthless”
“if you’re not the best, you’re worthless”
“no one cares about what you have to say”
“you have nothing no one wants”
“no one loves you”
“no one wants your love”
“you’re ugly”
“when you wear makeup, you look desperate”
“when you wear these clothes, no one respects you”
“you have nothing going for you”
“you have no skills”
“you’re lucky to have made it this far”
“it only gets worse from here”
“no understands you”
“you don’t understand you”
“you’re all alone”
“no one can help you”
“you have no friends”
“your parents don’t care”
“tomorrow doesn’t matter”
is hurting so much
and didn’t learn how to cope with traumas
and negative experiences,
so it put them on like clothes
to weather future traumas
those thoughts are
lies
those feelings are
real
no one would ever say
things like that
to someone they love
unless
they were sick or hurting
take care of you/”you”
get better
get connected
get loved
we love you
we accept you
we are inside you