Recalibrate

I still need to learn that I am not the very worst.
That I am not the only one with actions to regret.
That people don't walk by me thinking, She must have been cursed.
That people who don't think this haven't always been misled.

And I still need to learn that I am also not the best.
That "Others are below me" is a thought that's wrong, untrue.
That they are better than me, in ways I've never guessed.
That we have more in common than I ever, ever knew.

Self-care does not mean you should forget to care for others;
Loving others does not mean you do not have to love yourself.
Looking out dark windows, all you see is your own face, and that's 'cause
You're the one who's looking.

Not because there's no one else.