Low Key Literature Fall 2016 | Page 29

You don't need makeup to cover up your true beauty

Or diet pills to slim your kindness down

When you start to drown in these

expectations placed on you by a corrupt society

You better examine the miracle of your existence

Because you, you are worth more than your waistline

You're worth the beautiful thoughts you think.

You're worth the daring dreams you dream.

You're worth the amazing art you create around you

every day that you are here.

You're worth all the memories you share forever with the people who do matter.

But sometimes we tend to forget that

It's normal.

We forget who we truly are

Because we live in a world

Where we are pulled out of the womb by the media

And told our first words

Skinny, Pretty, Perfect girl.

Muscular, Pretty, Perfect boy.

But I don't care whether it's your weight, your gender, or where your love lies.

None of that matters, because you are you

And no one else can tell you any other.

You're a goddamn treasure.

A blessing, and a miracle.

Whether you want to believe it, or not.

You Are.

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