By Heather Shields
Lurking in the shadows of my mind She hides Why, is but a mystery Outwardly She is visible to some But what I see And what is seen of me are two different things Self worth Self assurance~ She has many names. I know them all, but I call them not. Still and quiet, She hides within. With every compliment With each positive remark She peeks out~ Never entirely exposed But there, nonetheless. I want nothing more Than to push the self doubt And sense of worthlessness In Her place And bring out the Beauty Hiding in the fog of my mind. “Believe in yourself,” I repeat With each repetition A moment in the sun Repeated and reinforced And the Heather that I must only believe that I am Will spring forth from the shadows Dispelling the ugly lie too oft repeated And She will become Me.
