I am love.

Perhaps I am better off without love

Love makes you question your worth

It pulls a thick veil over your eyes

So when you look in the mirror

You only see the lies

The lies that tell you

You are not beautiful enough

You are not strong enough

You are not smart enough

You are not enough

But these lies

Are only lies

On your own your worth is determined by you

Not another person

On your own

You don’t need someone to tell you

That your eyes sparkle

Because you know they are brighter

Than the sun itself

On your own

You don’t need someone to tell you

How smart you are

Because your intellect

Is obvious to anyone

Who has ever heard you speak

On your own

You don’t need someone to tell you

How strong you are

Because you know

You have survived every hardship

Every challenge

Every heart break

In your life until

This moment

On your own

You are not just beautiful

You are divine

On your own you are not just strong

You are powerful

On your own you are not just smart

You are imaginative

On your own

You are so much more

Than just “enough”

I am better off without love

I have enough of it

Within myself

To not survive

But thrive

I am not in love

I am love.