Based in Northern vignia, embwrites is a blog by poet Em. Her works explore themes surrounding self exploration and emotional expression.  

Craving

You want others
to love you
in all the ways
that you can’t
love yourself;

Every inch of
your soul
aching
for an affection
that you’ve never
received –

Your mind is
constantly churning
with thoughts of
stupid/ugly/fat/
loser/dumb/freak;

A constant
reminder of all
the reasons you
have to not be
loved –

You seek out
salvation
in the form of
men,
letting them take
up residence
in you;
hollow attempts
to fill that
hole in your
chest –

But I hope
one day you
realize
it doesn’t
always have
to be like
this –

You are not
a puzzle missing
a piece –
no –
you are already
complete –

And the key
that you’ve been
looking for,
the one to
unlock the way
out of all this
self-hatred and
fear;

It’s been there
all along;
all you have
to do is
look
within. 

Scrutiny

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