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A preconception in my mind Of a nudist beach in the sun Men of pervy persuasion Roam the sands Eyes behind dark glasses Men with their dangly bits A display of exhibitionism? A desire to be seen? A legalised flasher with no coat Or a haven of nature Being free However I was curious What would it really be like? To sunbathe completely starkers My bare body blessed by the sun Ideal content to write about Or a humorous poem indeed So I pack up my towel A thermos of tea, iPod, spare bikini Just in case I chicken out As I walk into the car park Towards the entrance and the unknown My footsteps start to slow Can I really do this? Strip off naked and relax Bare my boobs and stretch marks Not to mention my sensitive bits I take a deep breath and march in With body issues my whole life Ii feel quite sick inside This is no longer curiosity It seems more like therapy As I walk along a crowded beach All different kinds of people i see All with no clothes on But smiling, happy, carefree I walk a little further Find a quiet spot Lay my town down facing the sun I sit down and wriggle out of my clothes Trying to be inconspicuous I don't want to be noticed Maybe I will blend in? I lay on my towel Stiff as a board Rigid with fear I still have my sunglasses on Hiding behind the blackened lens People walk past They don't notice me Because here I'm the same as everyone else Your status in life not important Just normal people having fun A day on the beach like any other Playing bat and ball Everything bouncing They do not care They are happy and free Confident and proud Happy in the skin they're in We are all equal Embracing nature I start to relax Stretch marks and flabby bits All my flaws bared But suddenly I don't care No one is ogling me I am anonymous and I like No more body issues Self-hatred and self-harm No more hang ups I am free from those chains Which bound me for many years No longer do I worry During the hot long summer months Finding a quiet spot is always easy Plenty of room for everyone Bathers respecting your space Too far away to see anything close Public but still private So if nudists are all perverts Does that make me one too? I'm just a normal person But I love the feeling of being free At one with nature Like when I was born No clothes to hinder me I am now free Naked and proud
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