Self Love: A Manual
Who reads manuals today?
They come packaged in immaculate bubble wrapping
And zip-locked bags
As if someone would muster the strength
And open them, read them out loud
For a better understanding
And what the machine is all about
Who reads manuals today?
Although they are transcribed
In languages
In symbols
Everyone can decipher
Everyone can get through
Who reads manuals today?
Not our stubborn minds
Bearing so-called self-reliance
Internalising meddling
Ad infinitum
Who reads manuals today?
It is so hard to
So taxing
Especially
If the manual is about self-love
Who reads manuals today?
About self-love
It is as if reading black ink
On a black page
No thoughts, no think
We get enraged
Who reads manuals today?
The self love manual
Is in a language
I don’t understand
It is a struggle to push myself
Out of the darkness and stand
I read the manual today
It suggested I love myself
That we all ought to
But it is the first manual
That doesn’t tell me how
It doesn’t tell my why
