Learning To forgive myself. Or to try. And make peace. With what will forever stay And remain In so many ways. Learning To accept the scars And stop hiding them To let them be An embodiment A remembrance Of a lost battle. Unlearning To hate That which I can't change And whom I can't change The questions I didn't ask The patience I didn't have The fear I shouldn't have had. Learning To live with my choices And my regrets Because its what I have left Its what is now mine And mine to keep. Learning To adore my weak heart And my kind spirit Controlled by my selfish mind. Learning To love myself Every part of self Even the ones gone from me And the ones I can't get back. Learning To be in love With my loneliness And my obscurity Unfathomable as it may be. Learning To smile when I can And laugh And try To be human again. Unlearning To be numb To shut people out To i...