© Angie Flores
Outside lives a girl with a smile that will
brighten
up the room,
yet inside hides a girl with a frown full of
despair.
Outside lives a girl with eyes of joy that
brings
you to ease,
yet inside hides a girl shedding tears of
sadness.
Outside lives a girl with a beautiful laugh
that’s
contagious,
yet inside hides a girl screaming her lungs
out in
unwanted anger.
Outside lives a girl with the personality
everyone
envies,
yet inside hides a girl full of insecurities and
shame.
Outside lives a girl who is fearless and tough,
yet inside hides a weak girl who lives in fear.
Outside lives a girl full of life,
yet inside hides a girl full of pain, wanting to
die.
Outside lives a girl with a perfect image,
yet inside hides a girl with regrets and
mistakes.
Outside lives a girl of innocence,
yet inside hides a girl with tremendous guilt.
Outside lives a girl with goals and aspirations,
yet inside lives a girl lost in confusion.
What you see on the outside is my personal
disguise,
What hides underneath you can’t even begin
to
imagine.
One empath struggle I constantly battle with is always feeling responsible for how I am treated by others. When someone does or says something hurtful to me, my first thought is that I caused it. "If I had respected myself enough to establish boundaries, X wouldn't have had the audacity to do this" "If I had worked harder on my career, I wouldn't be here to receive X treatment" The crazy list goes on... Once in a while I speak up immediately but most of the time I blame myself. I always expect more from myself and feel I shouldn't have put myself in a position to be hurt. Writing about it now makes me realize how hard I am on myself. It just doesn't make sense to be hard on the one person that you have. The one who's been with you true thick and thin - YOURSELF. How hard can it be to be kind to yourself?
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