Enough!

November 12, 2020

mEnough!

by Adelina Lampkin Berry

They say

A minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips so restrict what the food close to your fingertips.

Your figure will turn into something that doesn't appease the eye

so now I look in the mirror and wonder why...

I look in the mirror and don't like what I see.

Why the way I have to be?

What is it about me that is not enough

and yet I am proud that my edges are rough.

I am perfectly and uniquely ordinary.

And our bodies are indeed extraordinary.

It's not wrong or ugly

to not fit society's demands

but honest and true

to be you at first glance.

I am perfectly and uniquely ordinary

And our bodies are indeed extraordinary

So say to yourself I am me

and beautiful however I maybe

and despite what they say

I am 100% worthy

of love and friends and life

because

WE are perfectly and uniquely ordinary

and Our bodies are indeed extraordinary

Our bodies are indeed extraordinary

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