The Definition of Me.

As a young woman it seems my body serves threat to my soul.

My body making up me; unqiue.

Curved and straight and flat and wide and thin and all, is my own.

And yet it gives me greatest fear, seeming that it holds a significant amount of worth.

My motivation is keep myself healthy, my eating habits and the reasons I exercise ly farther than to please a man.

My body is so they say, my temple.

Mine to uphold and charish, I should feel open to love all that is my self.

I value though, my soul over gaps between my legs, there or not.

I value more my honesty and acceptance, than the curves on my sides, there or not.

I may have traits that appeal, traits that may not. 

I value though all my traits, and more importantly the ones that make up who I am.

My being is not what my genes created, but who I am as a person.

My character, my morals, my fears, my loves...

My readiness for love and marriage can be only defined by how mature my heart is, how ready my mind is.

Not how ready for the dating-world my body is.

Social standards are not standard.

If standard as an adjective, can be defined by "used or accepted as normal or average,"

than I would say the standard for a woman's appereance and the social standard for a woman's appearance could not be farther appart.

Even if I looked like a woman on a magazine, I would not accept that as a measure of my worth.

Does my body dismiss what I have to offer, in any way.

I reject that unstandard social standards, and accept instead my soul.

 

This poem is about: 
My community
My country
Our world

Comments

Additional Resources

Get AI Feedback on your poem

Interested in feedback on your poem? Try our AI Feedback tool.
 

 

If You Need Support

If you ever need help or support, we trust CrisisTextline.org for people dealing with depression. Text HOME to 741741