Examining the Hurts

Finding comfort in the toxicity

I searched for what I knew

One thing slowly led to another

Another led me to you

A sea of yous, really

A cookie cutter conformity

Reflecting my low self worth

In my desperate attempt to find more

I gave away the deepest parts of myself

My soul

In hopes of receiving the equivalent

Only to come up short

And fall deeper into the search

Of a treasure

Whose existence only came

When I stopped looking externally