Romantisme

Pick Apart

Pick apart

The cherry that's propped on top of a slice of your favorite chocolate cake.

Pick apart

The petals off the flowers that bloom back in your garden during spring.

Pick apart

The vegetable hiding between the bread and meat of your sandwich-if that's what you want.

But please

Do not pick apart

Yourself.

Do not pick apart

Your weaknesses, your flaws.

Be it the ones you see in the mirror

Or the ones you unravel inside yourself.

Picking apart

Is meant for things that are separate,

Things that are a fragment of something else.

And honey, you are a whole.

And that whole may include a segment

Of imperfect features,

Both in your physique and your personality,

But that hardly matters.

You're still a whole nonetheless;

A being composed not just of the negatives,

But the positives as well.

Be it the beautiful shape of your eyes

Or the kindness you possess inside of you.

Leave the picking apart

To flowers and dead leaves on trees and deconstructed food.

Take some time, as much time

Acknowledging your strengths

As you do picking apart your shortcomings.

You'll realize how beautiful

Of a whole

You truly are.