Dear Plus Sized Body
Dear plus sized body,
Let’s take a plus sized break
From the offensive compliments
The, “You’re not fat, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL”
From the distasteful dehumanization in media
The, “Why are you letting yourselves be seen? It’s not healthy, go hide”
Acceptance is a hard pill to swallow
Confidence is a light switch
Off and on and on and off
But each day will gradually be as easy as devouring pancakes on Sunday morning
Your strength is heavier than the scale number
You’ve been writing extra love letters to yourself to overcompensate the pain
Pesky voices tell you to toss your daily feast to shave down a pound
But look at you
You are in the open
Exhaling and stretching your plump body
You are unapologetic and gracious
Your confidence is thicker than snickers
So much so that it can’t snap like a candy cane anymore
Being plus equals extra baggage, extra self care, plus love
You’ve been baking and rising
Readying yourself for the sharp knife of criticism
You take it like butter because the oven prepped you to not underestimate the heat of the kitchen
But to realize the heat of the naysayers can’t harm you when you’ve used that very heat to mold a heroic plus sized queen
With love,
A fluffy girl who gets it