Enough

As a child, I was always told what I was not

I was never told what i was...

You are not smart enough.

You are not pretty enough.

You are not thin enough.

You are not clever enough.

You are not loveable enough.

You are not wanted enough.

I simply was not enough of anything.

So, now when I look in the mirror

And try to see my own reality,

I am overwhelmed by feelings of

Delusion and confusion

And I wonder

Am I who or what I think I am?

Do I exist outside of the paradigm of my parent’s design?

Or am I just an illusion created to placate their feelings

Of inferiority and insecurity due to their own childhood traumas?

Will I ever be enough?

For anyone?

For myself?

Will I ever be enough for anything?

Or am I simply a broken, most likely unfixable, work in progress?

- Julie O'Hara

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