body box - what i am now v2
...if you saw me
the way i see myself
maybe you'd get it.
"count your calories,
read the nutrition panels,
diet,
exercise,"
i know.
believe me,
i know.
"it's for your health,"
turns i...
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Categories:
body positivity, anti bullying, body, dark,
Form: Free verse
what i am now
...if you saw me
the way i see myself
maybe you'd get it.
"count your calories,
read the nutrition panels,
diet,
exercise,"
i know.
believe me,
i know.
"it's for your health,"
turns i...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
body positivity, sad, slam,
Form: Free verse
Wabi-Sabi
...Looking in the mirror,
Looking at yourself, sighing,
Say “she’s more broken
Than the others you see
walking down the street.”
Maybe you won’t say so
When you see their faces
Washed out and p...
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Categories:
body positivity, beautiful, beauty, judgement, love,
Form: Free verse
Baggy Clothes
...Teenagers just love baggy clothes
It covers secrets we don't want people to know
Secrets of our bodies that we despise
That plague our minds each day and night.
When we look in the mirror ea...
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Categories:
body positivity, body, clothes, confidence, for
Form: Rhyme
Body Positivity
...When it’s a choice they blame a disease,
then are annoyed upset so they eat,
subliminal messaging, society,
they see a pie they eat what they see
you are what you eat and it’s clear to me
t...
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Categories:
body positivity, truth,
Form: Rhyme
My Perfect Me
...My Perfect Me
5”3. 134 lbs. Slim. Blue eyes. Long healthy blonde hai-
This doesn’t feel right. While I am unhappy with myself and I do wish that I had all of those qualities, this poem would ...
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Categories:
body positivity, beautiful, beauty, body, how
Form: Prose
The Body Shame Game
...This poem has already been posted on Poetry Soup. Here is the link:
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_body_shame_game_768282
It has 2,433 views, so I guess it's an issue that is important these...
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Categories:
body positivity, image, slam,
Form: Dramatic Monologue