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my own worst enemy
April 21, 2021
yesterday,
a girl told me,
you are your biggest critic.
and i couldn’t stand the person
i saw in the mirror.
her face, her hair, her body
were all distorted
so, i turned away
disgusted.
today,
my biggest critic
was in a better mood.
and when i looked
the person in the mirror,
changed her attitude.
she was pretty, happy, confident
and no one else was there
to tell her any different.
© Nola T., New City, New York
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This poem was inspired by all the time I spent alone with myself during quarantine and the experience of hating yourself one day, but loving yourself the next.