First

It is true

that all of the feelings 

the emotions 

friendship and desire and anger

and revenge and kindness 

are sliding inside of me

like a sack full of marbles 

but when they 

roll out 

I am clever enough 

at keeping them 

straight on their course

that I may achieve

my own ends

I hope that you

are being kind to yourself 

I hope that you are better than I 

at looking in the mirror 

and loving who you see

not the form or the face

but the person behind the eyes

who haunts your head

we must love ourselves first

to be able to endure 

getting into bed every night

with ourselves and 

dreaming our

dreams.