unappealing
carved into my brain
enduring the pain
etched into my heart
don't know where to start
thoughts forming in the dark
each trail leaving a mark
it influences every step
so many of which I regret
why was I never taught
that I too was someone to be loved?
my body worthy
even with skin so earthy
the bronze hue, inviting
the golden shine, exciting
we do not realise what is instilled in us
something long needed to discuss
all we do is accept it as truth
never once questioned in our youth
now we blindly follow these falsehoods
but it takes a while to be fully understood
that those images burned in my mind
were from the beginning never kind
for I have been othered, fed a lie
nothing but fodder, it made me cry
and now I simply fail to see
any beauty left inside of me
- j.k
