Flawed by the eyes of the double standard

Flawed by the eyes of the ignorant

Flawed by the eyes of the perfectionist

Flawed I am

 

Flawed by industry standards

Flawed by worldly expectations

Flawed from birth 

Flawed I am

 

Flawed from the color of my skin,

The lack of smoothness embedded within my strands

To the thickness of my waist

And to the mirrors I must face

Flawed, I am

 

BUT I AM.....

 

Flawless as a child of God 

Flawless with the spirit like the sun

Flawless through the strength of Spartan blood

Flawless I am 

 

Flawless through my perseverance 

Flawless through my determination

Flawless in upholding thyself's standards,

Flawless I am

 

The only judge I see is the reflection of myself through my own eyes,

And rather than kill the spirit of God's living art, I let it thrive

 

I love my big lips and big brown eyes

And my soul child hair

To my chocolate skin that reminds me of a rich delicacy rather than a deformity, I find fair 

 

I am flawless in acknowledging that there's more to life than powder and brushes,

Why, an intrigued mind could get the same amount of men coming at your door step huffin and puffin

 

I am flawless in that I am like no other

I'd rather fill my own position

Than dedicate my whole life trying to fill another's