Uniquely Me

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78756
United States
30° 19' 29.3736" N, 97° 44' 20.2344" W

 

Everyday I wake up

I stare into the mirror

And touch all the beautiful

Pieces of my body

That I've been ashamed of

 

My thighs

Which are not considered

Desirable

By today's society

Are the first to be grazed over

 

They are large

But I feel amazing

About them

Because they continue on to

My hips

Which are the next to be worshipped

 

My curves are flawless

And I'm proud of them

They show all the little marks

Of life

But are able to rock

Even the tightest of clothes

 

Next is the flab of my stomach

I've always thought that

Having fat on my tummy

Was gross

And disgusting

And made me uglier than

Everyone else

 

But it doesn’t

 

It is amazing to say

Hey I finally have

Fat on my bones

After such a long time

Of starving

 

Next are ribs and breasts

Both give me grief on a daily basis

My ribs crack and pop

One pointing in

The other out

Moving and shifting every second

And my breasts are small

Shirts never fit right

And I feel inadequate

Next to my friends

 

But they are gorgeous too

I never have the struggle of finding shirts

That are cute and fit over my breasts as well

My assets are just right

 

My ribs create a figure

For me

Of a ballerina

And I adore them

 

After that is my face

Little marks reminiscing of

Every pimple and bump

To have ever graced my features

My eyes a brown

Like every other

My lips and nose too large

For my face

 

But they are flawless too

 

My face is unique

You'll never find another

Like me

My eyes, while not strong,

Are wide with wonder

And will show you

Every emotion that flits into my mind

From my lips will flow

Facts and other trivial

Information I can get

My hand on

 

And that brings me

To

My head

My brain

My weird little thing

That has been:

Mocked

Scolded

Broken down

Silenced

Disregarded

Hated

Scorned

 

And yet I feel

It is

The one thing about myself

That I truly

Love

That brings everything together

And makes me flawlessly alive

 

Ask me anything and I’ll give you

Fifteen facts about it

Tell me a subject

And I’ll hold a conversation with you

For hours

I used to be so ashamed

Of exactly how smart I am

But now

Now I celebrate it and everything else

About me

 

Because I am:

Lovely

Gorgeous

Unique

Beautiful

Wonderful

Worth it

 

But most of all

I am flawless

 

And I’ll believe that

To the end of my days

From now on.

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