If You Cannot Love Yourself Poem by Francis Duggan

If you cannot love yourself you cannot love anyone
By those into self loathing bad things are done
To other people and to themselves as well
Their self loathing has them in their own Earthly Hell
The fellow who bashes his children and wife
Is one who does lack in self love in his life
To karma his will be a huge price to pay
Than scorned he is more to be pitied for being this way
If you cannot love yourself of love you have none left
Of compassion for others you are entirely bereft
Those who can love others love in return do win
But your gift of love only can come from within
If you cannot love yourself you cannot love anyone
By those bereft of self love bad things often done.