by Racquel Nixon
Published on: Sep 23, 2006
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Type: Poetry

A girl thinks she has to be thin
A boy thinks he has to be ripped
A woman thinks her stretch marks must go
A man thinks his hair should be thick

She wants to be a supermodel
He wants to be popular among the girls
She wants to land a husband that’ll stay
He wants to look younger

What they don’t know is

Her curviness adds to her sensuality
His lankiness is quite appealing
Her stretch marks are a badge of motherhood
His fading hair shows wisdom

Media glamorizes beauty to a point that is impossible to attain
Seeing people hurt themselves to be like that is a big pain
Since when has being yourself been a crime
Beauty from the heart has been fashionable from time
Being a certain way is not ‘in’
It’s all about your beauty from within.


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