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If I Loved Myself Sooner: A Self-Love Poem

A short self-love poem on the life that might have been — and the quiet reminder that the only place self-love is still available is right now.

A small one. The kind of question that visits late at night.

I wonder too

What life could have been

If I loved myself sooner

And nurtured what’s within

You can wonder. You can even grieve a little for the version that didn’t happen. But you can’t go back and do it. The only place self-love is still available is the one you’re standing in. Start there.

— JTC

Stay close to the words.

New verses, twice a month. No spam — just words built to linger.