who you are
is not defined by anybody

love? I have a few things to say to you
take a minute and listen to me, would ya?

your soul, in all its beauty, whether it be kind and gentle or fiery and burning

tame and loving or hot and loving

it is yours, and it is beautiful

your values, the person you are, the things you believe in and the way you love,

the way you pour your heart into the things you love and to the people you care about, love with every part of yourself, every fibre of your being

it is not defined as weakness if others decide to step on it

it does not make you a fool or anything less than human

you shouldn't let how others treat you dictate your actions

shouldn't let them shape you or manipulate your soul into something that it's not

because as unfair as it seems

as low as it makes you feel

you only ever fail yourself when you let it control you, let it define you, let it affect you

the stuff you're made off, the beauty of your soul is not defined by the lover that leaves you, the parent that degrades you, the...