On Self-Esteem (a poem)

I am not supposed to love myself

The whole world tells me I’m not allowed to love myself

If I do, I am conceited, arrogant and full of myself

I am not supposed to like myself

The whole world tells me I can’t like myself

If I do, they ask me why.

I don’t love myself

I don’t like myself

But each day I am trying

In the face of the world telling me I shouldn’t

I am taking small steps

Revolutionary steps