Hello World - By Sia Hawa Lebbie

Hello World

I see you picking at the hem of my self esteem each time

Not keeping in mind how you dutifully tore it the last time- But I’ve been better

Hello World

I constantly suffer through your unremitting efforts in trying to make me love myself less- But I’ve been better

Hello World

I notice your unscrupulous ways in tying my identity to my past- But I’ve been better

Hello World

I know that you’ll forever be an opposition to me, my mental aptness- But I will always strive to be better

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Sia Hawa Lebbie - Sierra Leone, West Africa