I stopped looking outside of myself for what I needed
I decided to crawl into myself and nestle in
I made a cocoon out of all of the things that I felt like I was missing-
Love
Peace
Happiness
Acceptance
Grace
Forgiveness
And when I emerged
The butterfly of joy flapped its beautiful wings
I flew
Above everything that I thought I was missing
Because it was in me all along
Joy
An inside job.