Reconsider your evaluation of the situation
What if it’s not what you thought?
Recover your original assessment
When your heart was in charge
Before self-doubt descended
Consumed by inner criticism
Dismissing praise
Swimming in the phrase
“Not good enough. “
Could you revisit it with fresh eyes?
What might you realize?
If you empathize with your past self?
Didn’t you love what you did at the time?
Get back to the beginning of when you were proud of every word
Why erase it over nothing in particular?
Just free floating fear
Remind yourself to remember
Even tremendous accolades fade
You are the only critic to concern yourself with
Celebrate your life’s work
You earned it
Poems of Pandemic Days by Alice Curley 