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When I first learned that no one could ever love me more than me
a world of happiness previously unseen was discovered
because somewhere along the line of aging and scrutiny and time
I was taught to despise myself but I made sure I kept myself beautiful so
someone would love me someday so I could belong to someone someday
because that's the most important thing a little girl could ever want, right?
I was thirteen the first time I was embarrassed about my body
of course it would not be the last and I remember stuffing my bra in the morning
tears stinging my eyes hoping, praying to something that I could
look beautiful enough today, braces and all, for the ruthless boys
who mercilessly told me I was worthless because my *** weren't big enough
and I would go home and put on a sweatshirt with my eyes closed,
deny myself the right to be shown myself, because I didn't dare want to insinuate beauty
in regards to something so insulting as my body.
But I mean we all end up with our heads between our knees
because the only place we'll ever really feel safe
is curled up inside skin we've been taught to hate
by a society that shuns our awful confidence and feeds us our own flaws
and sometimes when I need to meet the me that loves me, I can't find her,
a reminder that the mirror is meant to be a curse so I confine her in my mind
but when he or she shouts let me out we're allowed to listen.
But it's met by a chorus of conceited egotistical
narcissist but since when was self solicitude a sin?
since when was loving who we are made an offense by morons that don't matter
change this physicality and that one, don't you dare shatter the illusion you could ever
be anything beyond paper fine flesh and flashy teeth and fingernails
echoic accusations of not good enough, never good enough
have you ever felt so numb that it hurts entertain me
*** you can't surrender to them
you gotta remember you're the only thing you'll ever truly have
and no I don't mean your body because someday that'll go bad no matter what you do
I mean you I mean the way your bright eyes go wild when
you smile and how your laughter's so melodic it's a
song I mean the way your creativity is a compass
that leads you to what you love and you don't need any miracle cream to keep
your passions smooth, hair free or diet pills to slim your kindness down
and when you start to drown in these these petty expectations
you better reexamine the miracle of your existence because you're worth so much more than your
waistline you're worth the beautiful thoughts you think
and the daring dreams you dream, undone and drunk off alcohol of being
but sometimes we forget that because we live in a word where the media
pulls us from the womb nurses us
and teaches us our first words skinny pretty skinny pretty
girls soft quiet pretty boys manly muscles pretty
but I don't care whether it's your gender, your looks, your weight, your skin, or where
your love lies none of that matters because standards don't
define you you don't live to meet credentials established
by a madman you're a *** treasure whether you wanna
believe it or not and maybe that's what everyone should start
looking for.