When you only
smile about this body
as you take sexy videos
recording a lap dance...
It's due to
the world telling you
"This is when you matter".
You only are beautiful
when that body is on display.
Barbie - skinny, beachy hair, and a
crop top to pull it all together.
I sew myself from the pattern
society creates for me.
The girl with the higher cup size,
the straight edged nose
and tiny pedicured feet.
Girls that look like they have
walked out from the magazine
on the grocery store's shelf,
The covers I stare at every trip
with green-tipped jealousy.
The scrunchie hair tie around my wrist.
String friendship bracelets I made
for myself.
Manicure stickers I push onto my
short, stubby nails.
Curls in my hair and a push-up bra paired
with hi-rise shorts.
Can I be beautiful now, too?
YOU ARE READING
I Was Once a Sunflower
PuisiThis poem collection will be about who I used to be, searching for myself, and living when I didnt want to. They are sad, this description serves as my trigger warning.
