Peeking out the window,
Rectangular,
Little cracks run deep,
Etch the glass, like little scars,
Engrained in my heart,
Fragmented shards,
Gripping my reflection,
Twisting the image,
Echoing the dimensions,
The face staring back at me,
Unknown,
Lines and broken dreams,
The vision of myself asleep,
In fields of magazines,
My aura scrutinised,
Examined and ruled,
By the hollow eyes of vanity’s sun kissed gleam.
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While it is true that we should love our body the way it is and not the way society defines it to be; but we still feel that stigma…the battle to win over how women look…
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Yes you are right; it is a hard battle and it is difficult to block it all out.
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I can identify with this poem so well. I often look in the mirror and see not me but my mother or my grandmother. I used to struggle with it, couldn’t accept it, but now I am proud to wear their faces from time to time. Better to look like someone you know and love than to strive to look like a stranger.
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I think you are right, to look like the people we love, is a blessing. Much more significance than to look like a celebrity. We are all so unique, but it’s nice to see parts of our family there. X
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If only my soul could accept
what my heart tries to see
a body of shattered pieces
sewed together by a hair
eyes empty rolling in pain
with a mirror battered crafty
has my mind gone insane
a cut a nibble a tuck or two
following the newest fashion
only to lie to me and you
I am not a woman and yet I to spend many a night staring at a person I didn’t know and even wrote about it. or sometimes It was who I would have liked to be or though I should have been we are wired strangely when it comes to judging ourself as we always listen to a jury.
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Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing. I could feel the emotion and power there. X
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Very lovely Jen!
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Thank you Lyn! X
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Jennifer, this is truly outstanding.
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Thank you so much Rita! So glad you like it. ❤️
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Reblogged this on Risque Bizness: Enter at Your Own Risque.
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Thank you for the reblog. Always appreciated! 😄
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