GIRLS // Poetry --reupload (2016)

My Gardens Will Always Be Luscious And Green

I am not a wild forest -
wild and unkempt.
I am a garden
of green leaves and green land.

I will not be a Tundra or a Sahara desert
where plants never grow.
I will not deforest this forest,
tweezing, plucking, and waxing
every single strand of grass
that covers this land.

I will not defy nature
and fight against
what's naturally meant to happen.

It's only body mutilation
when applicable -
piercings and tattoos are not mutilation.
What's the purpose of all this body modification?

I should be damn loving my body for the way it is,
After all isn't that the message they're trying to send?
Or are we only allowed to love our bodies
once they're perfectly moulded into plastic, silicone perfection?
Like a mannequin.

Go on and marvel at the hair on my arms
like you've never seen hair on a girl's arms.
And watch as the sunburn strands glisten under the sun,
like little beads of holographic sun rays scattered, dancing on my arm.