Doubt

Years and years ago

You whispered to me

What if….

Somehow you are faulty

You are different

You cannot do what others can

I listened to you

I stood back and felt afraid

What if you were right

What if I lacked

What I needed to succeed

I lost trust in myself

Every bad decision

Every addiction to help me cope

Your voice became louder

I believed you

I am not enough

I am broken

The world doesn’t need me

The more I pulled away

Lonely and afraid

The more I felt ashamed

I hurt the people around me

I’m a disappointment to myself

But

You lied.

I breathe the same air as everyone

The same sun shines down on me

I’m not perfect

And so is nobody else

I make mistakes

Just like everybody else

I can’t do everything

But I can do what I can do well

There is another voice

Hope

That my heart can let go

And ignore the voice of doubt

Embrace the precious life I have

Love this person that I am

I only have one life

And you have stolen enough of it

I am who I am

Enough.