Olatunji Mojisola Esther – “The War Within”

The valley of my thoughts is deeper 

Than I can imagine ever

I have two skins on my face:

The one beneath and the one on the surface

I’m a dead man, soaked in my own laughter

Laughter that kills me daily

I love people, smile with them 

but these two gifts are not in my abode

I’m a loser that’s all I can think of daily

Every time I stumble on a piece of great poetry

It feels like a piece of shit

What makes this writer different?

Be free from your own slavery

Be the ruler within you

Overcome your own worst critic – you

Love yourself again

Be kind to yourself

Don’t be hard against your own beautiful scars

They are the marks that make you a soldier!

You’re not a loser,

You’re a war survivor who overcame a storm

Don’t accept defeat, because I see peace within you

Only peace.

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