Becoming my own best friend

Is a gift that I must tend

No longer something I’m willing to defend

Pleasing others before myself must suspend

Doing too much for praise-including a backbend

This idea of over giving must end

To my own heart I must attend

This will now no longer depend

On me having my own needs to fend

The world may not approve-

It may my choices condescend

I know that others may not agree

To those who love me dearly …

I strongly recommend

They not ask me to over extend

It never ends well.

Never the way I intend

A new practice of mine…

See how much time with my selves I can spend.

I wont lie anymore.

And I definitely cannot pretend

The good girl contract I must amend

My over caring about others approval I must suspend

If I hope this spell of mine to upend

It’s not for others to comprehend

I certainly don’t mean to offend

I’m no longer willing FOR others to bend

And no longer willing WITH others to blend

Putting my own sense of self up for public opinion

It’s a recipe for disaster It Is a sure dead end.

This is my new reclamation- I strongly portend

This is no easy process-but one that I highly recommend

Who knows what we might together transcend?!

Maybe we will start a new self love trend?

Perfect…just in time for the weekend!