when i've had a hard day

when my mind

gets the best of me

when i feel ugly and unworthy and unwanted

i look to the stars

and they tell me that i'm beautiful

why does that moment

only last a minute

i want to bottle up that self-confidence

self-love

and keep it forever

but instead 

i wait for the stars

because somehow

i can't seem

to tell myself 

that i'm worth it

that i'm good enough

it is a foreign

language

this so-called

self-love

i cannot learn to speak it

the words are caged

on the tip of my tongue

no app

can teach you these words

so i look to the stars

they tell me i'm loved