Good Enough
Good Enough
Cry Ugly’s shame lost its power.
I took back my power… no longer relying on external validation of my worth…
Unflinching reflection revealed that cry ugly's self-imposed shame was bone deep regret…
I am the only one responsible for buying into the malicious judgment of a few, that I wasn't good enough…
Judged by their bias, without walking in my shoes… falsely shifting my path, as their path… now my path…
Displaced judgment masking and misdirecting their tapestry strands… thus avoiding their personal responsibility...
The quest for my truth and responsibility revealed my lifelong pervasive pattern of transfering my power… allowing them to erode my hard earned self-confidence and insert doubt and shame.
I allowed them to author and rewrite the history of my victories… as false victories… figments of my imagination.
All in hopes of acceptance… believing I was good enough.
Simultaneously, messages from the other side of the veil revealed his truth… countering their bias…
He believed I was more than good enough… he knew that I gave all I was capable of…
He inspired me to take back my power… not to believe those lifelong subliminal messages…Truly, I am more than good enough… that “huh, I'm worth it.”
He loved me because I gave him my all… he believed in me… even when my best fell short… yet, I was good enough… in his eyes.
Sherry Barton
April 13, 2024
Copyright © Sherry Barton | Year Posted 2025
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