Untold Verses (Poetry and Art Book)

Outside

I fear the outsized
Because I fear my outside
I wish that
I wasn't fat
From the world around me
Forcing me to see
That I will never be
Good enough

Amassed together sits a group of girls
One girl accepts her curls
The other accepts her height
With no fright

Silently a man sits
With no social gifts
No group amassed around him
He sits in silence
Taboo topic

Mom said to just accept yourself
I said how
She said just now
So I stepped outside
Shoulders behind
The poster it stands
Straight up from the floor
A man whore
Perfectly modeling
While I was hobbling

Mom, how can I accept myself
When that's what I'm told to be
How, Mom

Years go by
No one said hi
And slowly I fell apart
Deep in my heart
Because no one would know me
Because they did not see
That man whore
Empty core
So how the fuck
Will I have the luck
To show people my inside
When all we see is the outside

So here's to those
Who never froze
To those with bodies we envy
Boys and girls
I hope you know
That you are all so
Beautiful

Do not listen
Do not glisten
Just be you
And only you
Because those models lack something
Maybe you can sing
Maybe you can dance
Maybe you can draw better
Because everyone is unique
And everyone is loved
And will be loved
So if like me
You cannot open
Stay where you are
Open up to yourself
You're on your shelf
Accept you are you
And if you knew
You want to change
There is no range
To compare to

Do not be jealous of the flowers
For they were made for the bees
Do not be jealous of the seas
Because within them a world is there
So when you think it's unfair
You can't be that model
Remember your counterpart is out there
And you will be the perfect pair

So don't give in reader
Be your own leader