POETRY | SELF-LOVE
A Little Less Trauma
How difficult is it to love yourself?
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1 min readMay 10, 2020
What would it take to love you?
A little fire in the lungs,
a little poison killing
the fibres in the heart,
boulders rolling down the cheeks,
bruising a blush on the bones,
boxes of memories stacked,
one after the other, like
cargoes ready to be exported
to a different realm, a different reality.
What would it take to love myself?
A little less of it all, perhaps.
© Sana Rose 2020
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Sana Rose is an award-nominated novelist, poet, physician, counseling professional, freelance writer and mom. She is based out of Kerala, India. Her debut novel ‘Sandcastles’ was shortlisted for ARL Literary Awards 2018 for Best Author soon after publication.
