By Lyss Rodriguez
I choose to love myself today
it sounds that easy, yet to put
into effect is an entirely different story
that I get to write
I don’t want to look back on today and remember
how much I despised my body
like I do when I look at pictures of myself
from yesterday
I want to grow old knowing that at the very least
I was able to love myself
Born and raised in the mountains of the Adirondacks, Lyss is a poet and songwriter based in Rochester, NY. When she was 19, she moved to California for an Americorps program and spent the next few years traveling the U.S and some parts of Spain. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she moved to Western New York and has been there since. As she is finishing up her last year of her Bachelors program, she has found a new interest in poetry that she didn’t realize she was capable of. Lyss writes her poems from her own experiences and perspectives in hopes that they resonate with others and shed light on topics that are important to her.
