Petite, skinny, small
Notice how none of those words insinuate beauty.
Curvy, round, large
Notice how none of those words insinuate beauty.
Those words, insinuate size.
So why is it that your size depicts how beautiful you are in the eyes of society?
So why is it that at the beginning of every new year you find yourself writing the same 4 words?
I will lose weight.
Why?
So that you can be considered beautiful by a society that hates themselves?
What’s the point in that?
You don’t think that when do lose that weight they won’t tell you gain it back?
“Eat a sandwich”
“Are you anorexic?”
“You are really unattractive now that your skinny”
No you know what’s unattractive?
The fact that these poems are still needed
The fact that I have to stand up here and tell you how much a treasure you are all
The fact that no matter how hard I try most won’t believe me
The fact that you will go home a refuse to eat dinner because, “nothing tastes better than skinny feels”
Have you had cake? It tastes pretty darn good.
And yes these poems are all just the same idea written in a variety of words.
Tired of hearing these poems? Me too.
I am also tired of going home and being afraid to look in the mirror
Why would I want to look at my body by choice?
That’s right, the people who write these poems also feel this way.
That’s why we do it.
We are tired of feeling this way and we hope to help someone, even just a little.
We are tired of people not realizing how much of a miracle you are.
We are tired of people not realizing how beautiful you all are, and no I don’t mean your body.
I mean the way the chew your hair when you’re nervous
Or the way you rub your thumb when you hold hands with someone hand
Or the way dance around to music in your kitchen
Or the way you pretend to read upside down in the library to see if anybody notices
Or the way your eyes light when you talk about something you love
Why is it that the thing you love, can’t be yourself?
Oh that’s right you word be called egotistical and bigheaded
But since when is loving yourself a bad thing?
Since when is looking in the mirror and being a fan of what is starring back at a sin?
Are you tired of hearing these poems?
Well I am tired of having so many damn reasons to write them.
