I Am Who I Am

How could I not take offense to your deep cutting words

Your comments and remarks and terrible slurs

I am who I am but that's not enough

Or is it? For you I wear too much "stuff"

I am told by the opposite I will never be wanted

By that ,I'll admit, I am seriously daunted

I like cozy sweaters and nice high necked dresses

But society says I shouldn't only show long tresses

To be pretty, they state, a girl must wear this:

Crop tops and short skirts but these I dismiss

I refuse to display myself in such a provocative way

To be led off the path by some grandiose display

Enough is enough I finally say!

To determine the truth, yes! To keep them at bay

Throw out the low cut, tear them all down!

Let's see who is the real man and who is the clown

Which one wants a woman and which wants a toy

With this cause I am determined to uphold with everlasting joy

I am who I am, a modest young woman

If that's not your style, then fine, there's no need to bludgeon

My opinon, it is indeed all my own

I want a man who wants me for me and not my curves alone

Is this too much to ask? Perhaps, perhaps not

But I wll continue to walk as I am, because modesty is hot

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