To the senstive self

 

Too many times

I was told I am too sensitive

Too many times

I was told I need to man up

Too many times

I was told to shake it off and not feel a thing

Too many times

I was told being this sensitive would not help me with 'real world'

however,

Too many times

The people who say this are the 'real world' i live in

Too many times

They had the power to heal with words but choose to hurt

Too many times

I tried ignoring my sensitivity that enables me
to empathize

to understand

to feel

to learn

and to forgive

Too many times

its my sensitive self that helped me to be gentle to others

and to bring back my righteousness even when others least deserved it

For the first time

I realized today, sensitivity is my virtue

being sensitive is not my curse but my blessing

and by accepting myself and being my sensitive empathic self

I can be of service to others and enable them to be truer to their self

heal where it needs healing

and love the unloved parts in myself and in others

For the first time

I own my sensitivity without shame.