NOBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO LOVE ME by Tahlia Hunter

"NOBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO LOVE ME"
by by Tahlia Hunter

'Today, as I enter the world,

I will be greeted by many people.

To some, I will appear beautiful,

while to others, I will appear ugly —

but this is not personal,

for their perceptions

merely reflect

their own beliefs and insecurities.

For when they stare at me,

in me, they are seeing a reflection of themselves

and in the same way,

within each person I encounter is my reflection.

And so, people may love me one day

and hate me the next,

for I am mirroring back to them

how they feel about themselves

and the parts of themselves

that they have either accepted or rejected,

but how I see myself

remains with me always

and so this is what counts.

For it is nobody’s responsibility to love me

but my own.'

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Words by Tahlia Hunter

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Artwork by Catrin Welz-Stein

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