Other voices
sound so eloquent.
Other writers
find words of beauty.
Other bodies
look so fit and strong.
Other lives
seem more fulfilling.
Why is our perception so skewed
in favor of anyone other than ourselves?
When we begin to value our voice,
write our words,
befriend our bodies
without the dark veil of devaluation;
When we begin to accept
and
challenge ourselves to be better
every day;
This is when our life begins
and the other becomes
just an-other on the journey.