Am I Pretty? (Aphrodite)

Am I pretty

No. Because society says that I don't have the perfect skin, or body

That I'm not skinny enough to be pretty

And that means I wouldn't be liked or loved by anybody

But am I pretty

Can I be a model even though gods know how they feel, but that doesn't matter because their pretty right

Or can I look like those random pretty girls from Instagram that has so many followers, how do they look so pretty

But aren't I pretty

Do I need to put more makeup on even though im only 12

Or do I have to stop eating even though I'm 16

Tell me I'm pretty

Can I get rid of all the things that I hate about myself like my freckles ot my stretchmarks

Can I just have that perfect hourglass body with fawless skin and full lips

Am I pretty

Do I have to get a tan all the time or pay someone to fix me

Then act like I've always looked like that

Am I pretty

Will people accept me

Girls like me these days are so corrupted by the way they look and compare it to girls and women on a magazine but have they ever put themselves into thoes girls shoes

No, because in magazines it'll tell you what to do, but is that really working

Is that really what their doing

Am I pretty

Can I eat s burger without worrying I'll get fat

Can I just ware some sweatpants and a shirt and still get people to look my way and not be discussed

Am I pretty

Does it matter if im pretty on the inside, but don't look like the way pretty girls are on the outside

Am I pretty enough

To have a compliment now and then and be pretty just the way I am

with no makeup, or diets, or changing myself just to be accepted by society

I'm not just pretty

I'm beautiful 

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