MY VOICE I DON'T LOVE
Published on HivePostify by @abefeart · Mon Dec 01 2025
Hello beautiful souls 🌸 Words Carry emotins, just like color on canvas. Today I'm sharing a poem titled "my voice I don't love". This poem expresses the struggle of accepting an irreplaceable part of identity (The voice , a distorted part of the body e.t.c., and the journey towards finally embracing it with intension and love.
“My Voice I Don’t Love” by Abefe
My voice I don’t love.
Even when others say “You sound beautiful and sweet,” I know how terrified, distorted, and imbalanced I felt by the hearing of this voice.
I cringe by the hearing of this voice— Not because I wanted to, But because it doesn’t sound Like the me I thought I’d be.
Forgetting that all I needed To sound like the voice I want is The acceptance and love for my voice, The courage to take it as it is.
My voice may not Sound like what I hoped, But it is mine.
It carries my truth, and that is enough. My voice is the sound of my becoming. I don’t have to love it yet— But I will.
Reflection: Anytime I came across my recorded voice on my phone, I would quickly skip it because I used to feel people wouldn’t like it. Over time, I realized how much that habit affected my courage to sing as a chorister. But eventually, I learned to overcome that fear, and now I can speak and sing with confidence.
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