"To be soft is to be powerful." - Rupi Kaur
For the boys who are told they can't show emotions
For the girls who are called weak because of their skin
For those who can't find the power within themselves or are unable to unsheathe it.
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I deleted pictures of myself One after another Mental and physical The ones where I wasn't wearing makeup When my cheeks were too red My acne too severe When my hair was greasy Or when it wasn't right
I could stare at myself in the mirror for hours on end Picking out the little imperfections Someone once said that flaws are what makes us flawless But it's hard to love yourself when you can't capture yourself the way you want to
I cut my hair today Strand by strand Inch by inch It was like mowing bright green grass Killing all the wild flowers And the bees And the spiders All the living things that dwelled in the soil Killing all of it in order for beauty But you have to do it at some point, right? An unkempt lawn is an unkempt life, they say
Even after the countless renovations to myself I still look at myself in every reflective surface I could find Car windows Rearview mirrors Just windows and mirrors in general Nitpicking and pinching Focusing from one flaw to the next Destroying myself from the outside in
