Melodies

I don’t really know my name today, I just know that it doesn’t sound like theirs.

Not the same melody or tune, there’s really nothing to compare.

And I don’t really know how I can change to make things better, my options weigh less than a feather

I could pretend and disguise, or just simply get by.

I just want to be enough. Big enough.

But then, wait, where is all of this even coming from?

Who’s the one thinking and feeling and seeing and believing – where’s the true beginning to this state of being?

Think deeper and deeper and deeper, then you’ll find

What you really need to change, is in your mind

Honey, you need to work from the inside out

Your beauty from within

And that’s just it.

They are just living their life and I’m living mine

Learning the lessons through song and rhyme.

I just need to accept my time

as my own

And focus on my smile

And on my flow.

I may not be in tune with them, and them not with mine,

But no two songs ever sound the same.

Listen to your harmony, learn yourself –

What you are and what you’re not, what is good and bad, right and wrong,

Just promise me love, that they will hear your song.

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So this is a poem I wrote a while ago about feeling insecure about yourself.

To those who continuously compare yourself to other people in an unhealthy way, convincing yourself that they are better than you. Whether it’s looks, intelligence, confidence or their success, if you believe you aren’t good enough, if you make yourself feel insignificant and so small. If you don’t really think much of this mindset at all; not seeing it as an issue. If you see it as a fact – that this is your place in the world and other people are just above you and that’s just how it is. If you make yourself feel like a nobody, this poem is for you.

It may take time, but challenge your thoughts. Slowly but surely you’ll discover how much damage you’re slowly causing yourself. No one should feel small, because no one can be small. There’s just difference. No one is better than anyone else, no one is above or below you – everyone is on their own path. So, why make yourself feel that way?

Easier said than done, I know, but I guess the first step is accepting it as something that has to change within you, and then Inshallah, take it from there.

I believe in you, you got this ❤

xxx