How is it possible that no one has ever loved you
Simply because you are you
I sit here thinking about that statement you made and I wonder
I marvel, actually
How can that really be true
When I think of all of your fine qualities and traits
All the reasons I admire you
It dawns on me that you’re counting your flaws
You’re not thinking about what’s good about you
How is it possible that no one has come into your life
Who cares about all that is you
Who doesn’t ask you to change or to modify
Anything at all that you do
Unconditional acceptance
That’s what kind of love we all want
And when I think about it from that perspective I realize
I’ve missed the same thing, too
Not one single person in my whole life
Has accepted me for me
They’ve always asked me to change something
To stop doing what makes me, me
They’ve always been so critical
Judgements and disdain
From friends to lovers to family and even my parents complain
Why is it so hard to love us like we are
Without asking us to change
Well, my love I’m happy to say
In that, too, we are the same
So here’s the deal, it’s very simple
Accept all that you are
Forget about what anyone has said
Embrace yourself with complete approval
Like no one ever has
I’ll do the same thing for myself
And then our love will last
❤️