Esteem/Love.

i will accept your
rainy days, your cloudy
view, your dark mornings.
they are yours to give me,
and so i will take.
just remember that my
acceptance means
your acceptance.
i am not your choice to make.
i am your gift.
accept me, and accept me
as i am.
we give, we get.
after all, with your
clouds and rain and darkness,
there must be sun.
that is also mine to give.
don’t turn away.
there is light and there is me.