I get rare validation from family and friends. And self validation is only pretend. So how do I heal this unmeetable need? How do I let go and set myself free?

The same way I let go of so many things. I have to go inward and let myself grieve. That nothing I have creatively done, has been seen as something to value, not one.

I’ve created for others, thought my poems would be, a way to help people to feel differently. But the truth of the matter is few will agree. And maybe don’t like my poems or me.

When I wrote this one here, about validation. I blamed the world for my bitter frustration. I forgot what to do to accept what is true, what others think, I must grieve it through.

If I do the work and value myself, I won’t need validation from anyone else. Acceptance is the last stage of grief. And when I get there, I have set myself free.