Be kind to yourself Mantra

Inner ramblings poem

My mind and hands lose connection and I silently console

be kind to yourself I say as mantra.

over and over be kind to yourself.

I confess I have been utterly crule

I have called myself names I'd never call others

and I have wanted to quit that which I love to punish myself

for not being better at it.

I have assumed that my art is embarrassed to be seen with me.

Be kind to yourself.

I do not trust the kindness of strangers 

I do not trust my eyes, my evil twin mocks me

And I repeat... be kind to yourself.

I messed it up for the 10th time the next try is the last

one .

I am everything horrible

Stupid, Ugly and weak

But kind to myself ..

So I forgive and me and go on to 11, 12, 13 infinity..

I will be infinitely kind to me.

I have had to be.

Naomi Montana Walsh

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Did not like the I am everything horrible litany, but the main philosophy of the poem is solid. Too many are not kind to themselves. Good work.

[Naomi Montana Walsh]

I get that ..its about how awful my inner voice can be I am an artist and fairly successful but a lot of the time I am secretly afraid I am a bad artist..I think maybe you are right I might be better if I said I think I am those thing.