Beautiful Poem by Kadelynn Roberson

MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL STARVE OURSELVES TiL WE LOOK JUST RiGHT
MORE LiKE JUST LiKE
THOSE GIRLS iN THE MAGAZiNES
MAYBE iTS JUST ME
BUT THEY LOOK A LiTTLE HUNGRY
& i DONT WANT TO BE HOOKED UP TO AN iV
WiTH MY FAMiLY STANDiNG BESiDE ME BECAUSE i DiDNT LiKE MY BODY
BUT DONT LiSTEN JUST DONT MiND ME
iM OBViOUSLY THiNKiNG WAY TOO LOGiCAL
BUT TO THESE YOUNG GiRLS BODY iMAGE iS THE BiGGEST OBSTACLE
NOW AND DAYS A SiZE 6 WON'T DO
BECAUSE YOUR PLUS SiZE iF YOU DON'T WEAR A SiZE 2
YOU THiNK THE ONLY WAY TO BE BEAUTiFUL iS NOT TO EAT
NOW YOU CANT STAND THE SiGHT OF FOOD iT MAKES YOUR STOMACH WEAK
AND NOW YOUR WHOLE BODY'S WEAK
YOUR BARELY STANDiN ON YOUR FEET
JUST LOOKiNG AT YOUR REFLECTiON MAKES YOU MAD
MAYBE THAT SiZE 6 YOU WERE WEARiNG WASN'T SO BAD
AND WHEN THiS HAPPENS TO A SOMEONE WE'RE ALL QUiCK TO POiNT FiNGERS
BUT EVERYONE'S RESPONSiBLE
WE CAN ONLY BLAME US
iTS NOT JUST THE MEDiA EATiNG AWAY AT THE SELF-ESTEEM OF OUR YOUNG GiRLS
FROM CROOKED TEETH TO A HEAD FULL OF CURLS
WERE SO QUiCK TO DECiDE WHATS 'BEAUTiFUL'
WiTHOUT THiNKiNG WHAT BEAUTY REALLY MEANS
BEiNG CONFiDENT WiTH ALL FLAWS THATS WHAT 'BEAUTY' iS TO ME