I’ve been collecting compliments
for the me of yesterday
A cloudy sky inside his mind
self-hatred here to stay.
I don’t know if they’d help him
Put faith in some unknown,
these people say how great I was
in the years I spent alone.
In ten years time my future me
will receive some present praise
he’ll reminisce on plaudits missed
and never change his ways.
~ Andrew
I’ve never been good at accepting compliments about my current self. It’s easier to accept compliments that refer to past versions of myself, the same versions of me that rejected similar compliments in their time.
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