Love Me for No Reason

Can you love me when I'm angry?
Can you love me when I'm paranoid?
Can you love me when I'm crying?
Can you love me when I'm broken?

Before this moment,
I have never
questioned
whether I was lovable.
And
before this moment,
I have never
needed
to count on self-love.

For I could see the love
others had for me
gleaming and
shining,
in their eyes;
and I accepted it as real,
I accepted it as mine.

I could feel their love
pouring,
flowing
into me
during
an embrace
and I accepted it as real,
I accepted it as mine.

But now I have
been made aware
that this underrated and
undervalued
life skill called self-love,
is absolutely necessary
and yet
absolutely
missing and
wholly
unhoned.

Can I love me when I'm angry?
Can I love me when I'm paranoid?
Can I love me when I'm crying?
Can I love me when I'm broken?

Perhaps if I can learn
to love myself
without a single
rationale...
maybe then
I can love myself for
every reason.

If
I can learn
to love myself for
no discernible reason,
then
I can love myself
when angry or paranoid.
If
I can learn
to love myself for
no known reason,
then
I can love myself
while crying and broken.

Can you love me for no reason?
Can I love me for no reason?