People not liking me

Was about my worst nightmare.

Them looking at who I am,

And throwing it away.

“You’re not good enough,”

They might say.

And I dug myself into that

Deep, dark hole

That many people find themselves in.

“What a failure.”

Would make me give up

On my dreams,

My hope

Almost anything.

But, I’ve learned not to listen to those voices.

The one haunting me at night

Learned that they aren’t good enough to listen to.

But now,

“You’re not good enough,”

Just gives me the power to keep going.

To not stop until I absolutely have to.

“What a failure.”

Makes me work harder

Get faster

Better

Just to prove them wrong.

Now,

I wouldn’t say something bad to me.

Because that

Would not end well for you.