Mortal

I never felt my mortality

Until I had kids

And at that moment

I cared so much about my life

Because I cared so much about this little ones life

And I didn’t want to miss any of it

I didn’t want to miss a single drop of them

And my life all of a sudden

Had this new depth

Felt much more meaningful

All because of a life born from it

Love me

I am

At this time

The best possible version of me

This is it

Because of circumstances

Some out of my control

I am here now

Exactly like this

And that is ok

It’s more than ok

It’s great

This is how God made me

God knows all

So that can only be so

That can only be that God allowed it so

But that doesn’t mean I am the best me I will ever be

Or ever was

For whatever it means

This is where I am

So I’m going to love myself

Because I’m all I’ve currently got to work with

And I’m going to work on getting me to where I want to be

Which is living in God’s lightness

Every moment of every day

Because we are not like

We are of

And if we see that

How can we not love ourselves?