Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged beauty, culture, expectations, false standards of beauty, lies girls are told, pressure, society, to be a woman on September 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Who told you
that we need long hair
lashes or nails
rosy pink cheeks
and hidden pores
to be a woman?
As a girl
I rushed to grow up
to be a woman
what I thought it was to be
sneaking eyeliner to school
cutting myself with mom’s razor
plucking, curling, crimping
scouring for the perfect shade
to be pretty
Who told me
that I needed color palates
pinks and purples
lotions and potions
creamy and pungent
to be a woman?
Who told me
that I had to shave?
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged beauty, comparison is the thief of joy, expectations, false standards, fearfully and wonderfully made, God, pressure, self esteem, success, worth on June 25, 2014| 6 Comments »
Bombarded daily
to define myself
by some worldly standard
of success
of beauty
of worth
Is my job good enough?
Am I in fashion?
Do I make enough money?
Does my hair look right?
Is my house acceptable?
How about my body?
Do I have the right friends?
Do I hang out in the best places?
Do I make everyone happy?
Does everyone like me?
Am I a good girl?
If I align my life
with what the world says
these standards should be
will I feel satisfied?
will I feel worthy?
Nope.
Because none of it
none of the stuff
none of the opinions
none of the ways in which the world wants to define me
none of it
makes me who I am
or adds any value
to my soul
For I am fearfully
and wonderfully made
Loved
and cherished
just as I am
Without all the stuff
Without being in style
Without pleasing anyone
For nothing I do,
nothing I have done,
and nothing that has been done to me
defines my worth
Posted in Photo quotes, tagged beauty, blessings, dreams, e. e. cummings, faith, God, gratitude, hope, love, nature, sky, trees on April 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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