Date with yourself
Approach the counter
Ask for a table for one, but not a small one you deserve the biggest one in the restaurant
You deserve a large place setting
Your plate should be filled
You should eat all you need
Your silverware finally touched
This is a meal for you and only you,
sitting in the chair just you at the long table no other chairs needed
the meal is what you deserve the love you've starve yourself of
so be greedy and enjoy every bite
no longer waste your time on the self hatred and the mirror gazing at yourself sulking at your form,
the beauty that is you has been lost for so long,
It's time to appreciate yourself and all you do
do you see the light emitting from your house, calling you,
you belong here
you are loved,
You are needed
Take a moment to look at the sky above
the moon is out, the stars are shining
Let yourself be at peace
Do not fight yourself
why don't you take yourself out on a date,
you and only you
Why not fill your stomach with a meal of self love
You and only you
Why not cherrish the person at the table who decided to take you out?
You and only you
Why not love the body instead of the looking glass you stare into?
You and only you
Why not treat yourself to the love notes better than the ones you sent but went unnoticed?
You and only you
To love yourself
for you at the end of life will be here at the table alone with yourself, shouldn't you want to spend the end with someone you love?
Take the pen
Write a poem under candle light and frame it, a love poem to you, to read at every meal, to read on your last date, tell yourself to have an open mind and loving heart, to dig in and enjoy the life you were born worthy of.
The final poem I'm going to read is incase you're feeling lonely
In case you're feeling extra lonely today
Know that when I look into your eyes I see the whole night sky, twinkling so bright, baby it's alright
Know that when your hair is a mess, I never see you as any less than beautiful, darling you make my life wonderfully unusual
Know that when you're crying I will do everything I can, I won't stop trying, to make you see the color you give to life, sweetheart you have so much strife.
Know that when you smile it's like a thousand sunflowers are blooming for miles and miles, honey you don't know the sunshine you bring to my day, and I only wish I could take your pain away
Know that when I'm standing next to you in the cold, holding your hand is the only thing that warms my bones, you're so lovely
Everyday I fall for you so abruptly
Know that when you're apologizing for being yourself, I am still in love with every part of you, not wishing you were someone else,
My dear on the days when you feel exceptionally lonely when I am not around
Know that I am missing the sound of your love, the beat of your heart, and the way you make the world into the prettiest piece of art.
Dennis O'Driscoll was an Irish poet said to be one of the best European poets of the 20th century he was born on New year's, January 1st, of 1954 and passed away suddenly in December of 2012
He was married to another poet Julie O'Callaghan who survived him.
Today's poem is called You which I found in a the poetry Anthology Staying alive real poems for unreal times edited by Neil astley published 2003
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