Mantra

Recite it over and over again, I will love myself, I will love myself.

A feverish prayer, To my body and soul. Some nights, I cry and claw at my flesh; I take down my esteem and crumble it up; Zero in on me and how I've failed; I do not love that.

When I am the aggressor, It plays in my mind, A faint record gaining strength in repetition; I will love myself, I will love myself, Even when I am a mess.