Reminder to self
Remember
I am a creative powerhouse because I know how to love and be joy
And I know what it is to do that in the face of death
Loss
I know how to raise myself when those who were entrusted with my raising chose cruelty
To self
To others
And me
Remember
That it's for this reason that I have honed the skill of questioning everything
And being contradictive
And balancing between extremes
Because I know too well
The practice of naming myself newly
All the time
Remember
My love
That when others think I have no joy
Because of my weight
Because of my bitterness
Because of my spite
Which I simply allow as a truth in life
Remember
That they were not necessarily born with the gift of such exhaustive power
Or perhaps it was never activated
Everyone has gifts
Theirs are simply different from mine
And even if it seems like that's not ok with them
Let them not be ok with it
I am
Powerful
Remember
Because I don't have anyone next to me
Reminding me that I am powerful
And those closest to me laugh
When I tell them I'm weak sometimes and I
Need reminding
I am so powerful
I am that powerful
They aren't being cruel
Not this time
It's simply that I showed them the secret
And the secret is that I simply must remember
My power
I can hate the loneliness
And that's ok
I can also remember
That it's a universal loneliness
Philosophers have cursed it
Artists have tried to banish it
And regular folk try just to not think about it
It's a different take
Than mine
Which is to welcome it to my table and converse with it over tea
I do not have to convince the world to be like me
Just like I know they will never convince me to be like them
I value my depth
Cherish its weight
And carry me
All of me
I simply am.
Remember,
And be.