Throughout my life,

Throughout my life,

I’ve ran into people who made me question my self-worth.

I was rarely told that I was “enough”.

I always had the feeling that I needed to run faster,

Look better,

Act smarter,

Work harder,

Just to feel that I’m a satisfactory product to all the ones I love.

When someone praised me,

I questioned the integrity of their words,

Because they were unfamiliar to me.

And when you live a life like that,

You end up never really knowing,

If you’re ever going to feel like you’ve got what it takes to be loved,

And to, finally, be “enough”.