Listen, Baby: A Poem Of Radical Self Love

A poem for all. Because everyone deserves to be told, I love you.

Written and performed by mediation guide and artist, Shanna Shrum with music by Essie Jain you're invited for the next 4 minutes and 44 seconds to revel in deep radical love.

Transcript

Listen,

Baby.

I love you so much.

You know that?

I have loved you since you rested inside of your grandmother.

My love for you,

It runs the length of millennia,

Baby.

And I don't give a rat's ass what you do.

The mistakes you make,

The people you hurt,

The things you steal or don't steal.

Your morality has no bearing on my love.

It is your existence that steals my heart.

I love that without a second's thought,

You breathe in and out.

And the fact that you keep on existing absolutely sends me.

Oh my God,

I love you.

I love you when you trip on a crack in the sidewalk and look around to see if anyone saw.

I love you when you are late to a meeting.

I love you when you can't sleep.

I love you when you make a mistake.

I love you when you make nothing at all.

I love you alone.

I love you partnered.

My darling,

I love you.

And it is my deepest desire that you love you too.

Please,

Baby,

Please join me here in all of this infinite,

Unconditional,

Radical,

All accepting love.

Please.

I'll be waiting.

Reviews

Amazing 💝 Thank you 💞

Thank you so much for this poem. I smiled during the entire recording. I hadn’t realized that I haven’t been called “baby” in over four decades. Being loved on first thing in the morning was such a wonderful experience. Thank YOU, baby.

Feeling really loved 🥰 today

This brings tears to my eyes.
Thank you for this touching way of speaking to me. I hope I will learn from you. 🙏🫶

I absolutely love this, and I needed it at exactly this moment!
Definitely going on my playlist ❤️
Blessings of gratitude 🙏

Oh! This was profound. I didn’t realise I needed to hear it. Thank you. Thank you.