Poetry, Body Image.

I.
Her skin masqueraded vivacious
torrents of
calamity
Stringing down her hips
She was Every Woman
On billboards
Down side streets
In the back of an alleyway
Just trying to become
Comfortable in Her Own Skin
II.
Freshman year, highschool
5′1″, 100 lbs.
She thought she was fat
Guys loved to look at her
She looked away
Cautious and not yet becoming
a woman
She sunk deeper into herself
Not eating
Hungry for love
III.
Visions of cellophane centerfolds
Sequestering the looks of
Men in white suits
and aging skin
Perfectly pixelated Photoshopped
beauties
Postmodern princesses parading
fake reality not even they
Could live up to
IV.
Real bodies, real love
Starts from within
Every Woman
Don’t dare buy in to that
Beauty Standard
Love those lines,
those scars, those bulges,
be proud to say
I am not your ideal

I am finally becoming
comfortable in my own skin

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