Give yourself a hug by Grace Nichols

poetry

May 26

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Give yourself a hug,
When you feel unloved

Give yourself a hug,
When people put on airs
to make you feel a bug

Give yourself a hug
When everyone seems to give you
a cold shoulder shrug.

Give yourself a hug –
A big, big hug

And keep on singing…
‘Only one in a million like me,
Only one in a million-billion-thrillion-zillion
like me.’

The Sun by Mary Oliver