No,

I did not come here to tell you

you were beautiful.

No,

I did not come here to tell you

you were good or okay nor that you were perfectly fine.

I came here, rather,

to ignite a fire in your belly,

a flame in your chest and a light inside the darkest places in your soul.

If untouched, unchanged and unaltered is what you were expecting to find inside

of these limbs of mine

you will be disappointed by the layers and colours and contours that they carry.

For I did not come here to make things easier.

I came here to challenge you in ways that would make you uncomfortable enough to grow.

No,

I did not come here to tell you

you were beautiful.

I came here to teach you to love yourself enough so that you would believe that it is so.