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i hate myself

May 2, 2018 by szachik@pvs.org Leave a Comment

By Leo Milmet

 

i hate myself.

i love Her.

Her beautiful sunshine hair.

Her angelic personality.

that beautiful laugh that tells its lucky viewers so much.  

my Sunshine. my Angel. i wish i could be Hers, too.

but do i love Her?

or am i simply craving love for myself,

knowing in my deep, dark heart that i do not love myself,

but that i hate myself.

my silly inferiority complex, always getting in the way of being good.

so forget all that.

I love myself.

“Why am I inferior,” I ask myself?

“No reason at all,” I answer.

I need that love. I have enough hate in my life already,

especially from her.

 

Editor: Bella Bier

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Anonymous, i hate myself

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