I want to write I’M BEAUTIFUL but I don’t think I believe it so how could you?

I am slowly reverting

from a a baked potato

to a mashed potato

this is not to say I look anything like a potato

but have you noticed that

the only difference

between a baked potato

and mashed potatoes is

baked they are

contained

somewhere I lost my skin and I've been walking around

naked nerves

someone told me

to pretend I love myself

and eventually

I will

but I don't want to trick myself

into high esteem

for that would make me

a fool and I am not that

I am simply

a mess

of gravy