looks
Learn more about other poetry terms
You think you are out there all alone, you are not meant to be alone.
Your heart is not made of stone, but your will is that of stone.
The voices inside on and on they drone, but you are alive and not a drone.
Dear onlooking eyes,
We’re all thorns
One speculated look
Will prick another
One judgement can imprison another mind
Poison begins to seap
It could slowly take over
Look
Why
How
Look at life
Look at the women who gets
Criticized for breastfeeding in public
Look
Why
How
Why
she came
she saw
she took
what she
needed
with soft
hands by
her touch
she then
approached him
he came again
she called
him in
she wanted
Girl : Why can't I have this job?
Boss : I don't like your hair, I said,
it is too red.
Girl : Is that a problem?
Boss : It is not normal,
you should come more formal.
Three months.
That's how long I wore makeup in eighth grade-
How long I tried to fit ubiquitous standards.
Solutions for fear of inadequacy:
My hair is thinning
My skin is almost pale
My life is nothing like a fairytale
I am of the average height
Contacts help me see what's in sight
I look for depth in everyone
The life of a young woman is boundless and untamed
There is no way of telling where she will go next or who she will become
The crazy twirl that destincts
Who she is
The girl I was years ago is gone
“You walk funny.”
These words have plagued my school experience.
No one knows the reason behind this walk,
They don’t know that my muscles don’t work and I’m slower than the rest
Can you believe it? Neither can I.
Those girls that are called ugly,dirty, stupid
Who cry
Replace their breasts, inject their lips
Nip, tuck their thighs?
Can you believe it? Neither can I.
The only beauty seen
Is on the outside
In highschools around the world
This creates drama and insecurity
It is faithfully unannounced and
Even though we know that
Beauty comes from the inside
Mirrors, ©2013
sometimes
I get a glimpse in a shard of glass
a corner of sight as I walk past
hello, girl, I can see
how someone might be attracted to you.
sometimes
What is Beauty?
Is it what your face holds
Or is it skin deep within our soul.
In our society
Being Thin is in
Lighter Skin
and other countless things.
What happens to the other girls
