Society's Ways

All my life I have been told what a woman should look like,
through the television,
though magazines and books,
through Disney movies, &
even from the man that I should look up to,
my father.

My thighs touch,
I have stretch marks covering my hips
deep pink lines that make me wear a shirt,
to afraid of what society would make of it.

My stomach is nowhere near flat,
more like flab.
I remember being in the store,
‘see Wiley, this is the weight you should be,
you are no where near that’

When I look down I have a double chin,
I’m self conscious of it.
Self conscious of the people that will stare,
people that will judge.

But I shouldn’t have to live this way.
The ways that society has formed me to be.
I shouldn't have to have a perfect flat tummy
to be considered beautiful by those that surround
me.

ME, that’s the problem.
I let the power of people
lower my self esteem
my self worth
ruin who I am
and who I want to be.