I'm just here to put my thoughts on paper
so that it doesn't consume me.
- NAKED THOUGHTS
'the cover, title, basically every single word and design is by me. Picture used for cover is JK from BTS"
Mother always used and still does say Always cover your skin in the summer. You don't want to be dark now, do you? Although it has a different effect on Teenage me than 7 year old naive me, Back then her words Would make me self-conscious like an old wall being Painted again and again. I would make sure I didn't Stay out too long. I made sure I wore long sleeves, Sweating far more than my paler friends who didn't really understand why I was covered up as if it were autumn.
But now I feel I am like Time itself. No matter what happens No matter who says what I continue to move I keep moving and Changing and growing. I Don't get influenced by anyone. I keep going because I want to. I keep moving because it's in me to do so.
Over the years, I can tell that What changed my views on my own body, Was what I saw from others. People inspired me To believe in my strength, To believe that I'm capable Of a whole lot of amazing things, As long as I grow As long as I listen to myself As long as I don't get caught up in others lives, Like time itself. I will move and embrace the power within, I will stay strong for me, myself and I.
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This is dedicated to those ppl who had to go through discrimination because of skin colour (colourism). I know that even if it's 2018, there are still places that haven't progressed out of their ways. I still today hear my traditional family talk about being darker like it's a bad thing and sadly it has affected many of my siblings, relatives and friends negatively. Most of the time, it's just hard to deal with this criticism but there will come a day when it won't matter anymore, what they say won't affect you. There will come a day where you will be comfortable with who you are, and whatever that might be, I hope you really reach your goal! For those who actually read this, please leave a like, or vote, but what is really important to me is your comments, so I know how other people feel about my work 💖💖
