I love my body

I love

My legs

That stretch for miles

I love

The rocks of muscles

And the strength I carry

With them

 

I love my milky skin

My gigantic smile

My irises of the seas

My hair of lightning

 

I love the individuality 

I find in my beauty

 

And I just think 

Of all the people

That 

Have tried

To take it

Away from me

 

But also

How many people

Have

 

My body

Was never

My body

 

It was the sweater

My grandparents

Got me

For Christmas

With sequins on the collar

 

It was so tacky

And so crazy

But I wore it

To make

My family happy

 

I did try

To return it

With calorie counting 

And insults

Painted over it

The amount

Of times

I grabbed

At my belly

As if

That could remove it

 

Self-love

Isn't about

Learning to love

You

It's about

Learning to 

Take back 

What you had taken 

From you

 

Beauty

That's hidden

When you're not happy

With what you got 

For free

 

Trust me

You're gorgeous

Take it from someone

That always thought

That when it came 

To being pretty

They'd lose