Inner Critic

I was inspired to write this poem when someone very dear to me was wrestling with the inner critic and the inner critic was winning. It was touch and go for a while but finally the voice of who she really is gradually surfaced and became louder than the inner critic. We all have an inner critic but it is high time we take back our power and learn the truth of who we really are - Unconditional Love.

Hello Inner Critic

Let’s have tea

Establish rapport

You and me

Your voice keeps playing

In the background

I’ve tried everything

To mute the sound

I read my affirmations

I pray you away

You are relentless

Wanting to stay

I finally discovered why

You remain

My tactics are linear

Kind of insane

You are a bad habit

Just like cocaine

You think I can’t survive

Without your shame

You’ve kept me poor

I want to be rich

I’m no longer buying

Your sales pitch

Starting today

I’ve made a choice

I’m no longer listening

To your toxic voice

For all these years

I’ve been wrestling a ghost

You are my past beliefs

Which I will no longer host

I’m not easily persuaded

Like when we first met

I’m more self-aware

You are not a threat

The voice that guides me now

Is soft like wind chimes

It is kind and loving

When I go through hard times

You’ll probably still hang

Spreading your germs

Soon you’ll get bored

With life on my terms

Your invitations to misery

I will no longer accept

The truth is I am love

And I’ve learned self-respect

-heather may