Dear my sweet, sweet girl
Don’t you dare believe your thoughts
Don’t believe you’re not enough
It’s going to hurt like hell
& simply put it’ll damn sure be tough
You’re going to go through the worse worst
Seeing things which no one should
Feel that pit in your stomach worse than you ever thought you could

I’m sorry to say
You’ll lose the people you thought you’d have friendship forever
Be let down by those in authority
Exercising dominance
Rather than exemplifying that of a leader
You’ll betray yourself
Time & time again
No one to talk you out of that negative mindset
Only because you’ll never have someone on which you can depend
So you’ll show up for yourself
& learn what it is to have commitment

Your inner critic will sway to the little devil on your shoulder
Little by little breaking your sweet confidence
While people undoubtably, unfortunately break their promises
The little devil once again trying to break down your belief in self
While the innocent girl inside of you still imagines that sweet fairytale

You have to become enough
I will become enough
Heal that which your mother passed on to you
I will not go through life dark & blue
Dare not to continue the cycle of pain
Create peace within, expel the darkness
Reach that part in your soul you’d never think to harness
I am light
Be better for your daughter to come
Raise the standard for women that society has undone
I embody elegance
I display class
Finding that love inside of you
Which makes sure —makes certain—
You will never again be put last

You have what it takes
Yet again, you always did
You are not a victim of your environment
You are not the disgraceful words people project
You are the most perfect creation
Yet far from perfect

You will lose yourself in love
Due to the belief you’re not enough
Thinking you need validation, confirmation
Until you learn to love yourself without any limitations
You’re a hopeless romantic
Eventually losing your trust in true love
Until you realize the realest one
Comes from those above

You’ll be taken advantage of
Because you’re scared to believe you have more worth
By laying down your solid grounds
You’ll discern that not just anyone is welcome on your turf
You’ll undeniably build resilience
& learn to put your best foot first

You can’t sing that well
But you’ll learn to sing your own song
Accept that you’re growing
Despite your wrongs
Always trying to find your tribe
But never feel like you truly belong
Feeling free through dance
You’ll learn to dance to the beat of your own drum

It doesn’t matter what anyone says
Forget if the goals you set for yourself take more time or less
It doesn’t matter how poor or well you dress
It doesn’t even matter if you walk this life alone
It matters not that you have trauma
& despite coming from a broken home—
You are enough
I am enough
We are the same
We are worthy of every milestone