a patchwork quilt of maybes and almosts ✓

corset

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pale

pastels

on dresses

like a

painting

crafted in

oil

on linen

beautiful

but you don't see

the darkness

you don't see the

choking

suffocating

pinching

corsets

that squish them

into what

we want to

see

we romanticize

roses

and pain

and a lot of things

that we ignore the

darker side of

and in the same way

as the dresses

and the corsets we

force

people to fit this

mold

that we've

crafted

into what we call

perfection

you worth doesn't

have to be

what people

think

of you

it can be what you

think of yourself

your popularity

does not have to

define you

even if you believe

it does

you are more than

a notch

on a bedpost

a call

to your parents

a cut

in your skin

because below

all of the layers

of the petticoats

below the pounds

of pearls

sewn meticulously

into the rich fabric

below the laces

of the corset

and the diamonds

on a chain

around your neck

like a collar

there is

something

worth

saving

in you