Beauty is not an idea
A competition
A political agenda
Or a social grenade
Confidence is not the same
As being cocky
It’s not offensive
Every body is beautiful and
Handsome alike
The used
The abused
The scarred
The broken
The scale cannot and
Will not decide that
For you
For us
We do not bend to
To social idea of beauty
We do not change who we are
To feel accepted
When in reality
We should be accepted
For who we are
For who we want to be
Stop trying to cover us up
When we speak out against
The toxicity of social standards
Stop trying to cover up who we are
And smother us
With your fear
With your ideas
We are not our social standards
Stop trying to fit us in categories
Under labels
Like our worth
Is based upon
The color of our skin
Or how much we weigh
We are more then your ideas
Then your fears
We cannot be contained
And our voices
Cannot be shut out.
SPEAK UP AGAINST FORCED SOCIAL STANDARDS!
About the Creator
Isabella V.
As a teen writing in an adult world, I’ve made it my goal to bring in a new youthful perspective, awareness on a variety of serious topics and issues we face, to light in my free verse poems.
Because if we have a voice, we should use it.
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