Dear Me

about coming out of depression

I have treated you badly. 

I have sabatoged your good name

 with lies, guilt, and lack of self-respect.

 I have filled your heart

 with jealousy, despair and selfishness.

 I have made you look like a fool-

I have been a fool.

I have used your hands

 for thievery, greed, and obscene gestures.

 I have made your eyes small

with pain and tears.

I have used your tongue

to lash out and hurt others.

 I have not maintained you physically.

I have allowed you

 to slowly become unrecognizable.

I have filled you

 with unhealthy habits.

I have denied you nourishment and rest.

I have let sadness steal your smile,

and regret smother the fire in your eyes.

I have left you empty with nothing left to give.

I have treated you badly.

But today, I have decided to rebuild you.

Today, I will begin to restore your good name.

I will fill you with joy, gratefulness and love.

I will allow you to grow.

I will use your hands for good.

I will make you proud to look in the mirror.

I will only let you see the good in yourself and others.

 I will pamper you, nourish you, polish you.

I will put a genuine smile on your lips.

I will ignite a confident spark in your eyes.

I will fill you up with so much love and kindness

that you will spill over on the world.

I will treat you with respect.

I will love you. 

Love, Me