[TO BE PUBLISHED UNDER 8LETTERS]
❝Are you doing well?❞
A very simple question,
but hard to answer.
Melancholia is a collection of haiku that echoes the sentiments of the young generation today, who have silently fought hard lately in order to surviv...
We were born pretty, just living in an ugly society—sad.
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BEAUTY STANDARDS EXIST nowadays, only for some narcissistic people to ask stupid questions.
❝Why is your nose flat?❞
❝Why are you fat?❞
❝Why do you have acne all over your face?❞
❝Why is your hair greasy?❞
❝Why are you so small?❞
❝Why do you have tan skin?❞
Is making people insecure about themselves a trend these days? Because nothing is trendy about these things. However, I discovered something when I noticed that these bullies had been through several surgeries already, and I assumed that these bullies were just a product of bullying, too. These bullies did not stop the cycle due to the pain people inflicted on them, and as a result, they continued the cycle by inflicting what they felt in the past on others.
I cannot stop this cycle, but I can surely do my own part by being kind.
❝The dress compliments your skin tone,❞ I once said to a stranger, and the stranger smiled at me in the end.
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