Admit

 "The invitation to undoing, and to allowing yourself

to want at last what you feel you never deserved,

the fervent wish to come closer,

and the loving word of understanding you say to yourself. . .

the only declaration that counts."

Wanting what you feel you never deserved?

This poem isn't saying you get what you feel you deserve;

(I feel I deserve a world that isn't broken and 

only people who are kind and mutually respectful.)

its saying you admit to wanting it.

I'm not sure why I'm making this distinction

but it feels worthy of mentioning.

I do wholeheartedly agree, however,

the "loving word of understanding"

we give ourself is the only one that matters.

kastilwell