Your words eat at me like a plague.

Destroying me from the inside out.

You say I’m worthless,

Dumb, weak,

One dimensional.

I’m not a good wife, mother,

Or anything.

And I believe you.

I look in the mirror and try to smile

While the tears fall.

What am I to do?

A still, small voice begins to

Whisper in my ear.

Telling me that

I’m fearfully and wonderfully made.

I’m strong, fearless.

I’m everything you say I’m not.

Love and confidence swell inside me.

I look in the mirror and smile.

No more tears.

Is this how it feels to be happy?

You barge in.

My soul goes up in flames once again.

Your words eating at me like a plague.

Destroying me from the inside out.