Shelby Leigh

to insecurity:

if i could step out of my body

and see myself from another view,

would i recognize me?

would i see everything that i think

is so wrong?

(would i see everything that i think

is so unworthy of love?)

i have so much to say,

but i choke on

self-doubt

to anxiety, ii:

you’ve always been good at

choking me

with my own words

but

i am

tired of feeling tired

when i speak