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My scars


I got marks

I can't even rember where they start

They had a begining 

When I was slimming

But one showed up one day 

It hurt because I became sad

I didn't want to play

"Baby girl look at me"

"baby girl you need to eat"

"Baby girl speak, Please"

She said "I was fat"

Not fat as in PHAT

No the FAT that we used to call big women

 Women you knocked down

Not taken seriously

Around, around, and around

Not good enough to please

Not good enough to love

GOD SO HELP ME

I'm pretty

I'm worthy

I'm chunky but I got beauty

My scars are from the words

The skin that people torn

I got scars ladies and gentalmen 

But they're not just any scars

They're the scares you said behind my back

 The words you lack 

 

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