Playing Dress Up

When I was a little girl, I loved to play dress up I would go into our basement where we had a barrel full of clothes from times past And I would live in those times And everyone smiled and laughed Girls still like to play dress up But in a different way That’s what’s wrong with society today It’s that girls think they need to dress a certain way To be loved and cherished and cared for. But this is not true; it just puts more stress on me and on you. The images come into our minds oscillating and swirling and mixing and confusing- Until we no longer see ourselves, But the brands we wear We see price tags and stick thin figures and look past our own big personalities The clothes I wear now look good today But in the future will only decay In the coffin with this body that I neglected to see for the positive. Girls are constantly searching for something more Because they don’t know what they are looking for Some kind of material fulfillment that will last an hour When the real problem will go on for forever Unless you start appreciating who you are and not what you fit into Our culture is formed on the backs of adolescent girls who just want to be popular and look pretty and skinny It’s not right but who will listen? These girls don’t understand When the eyes of society glisten With tears of joy as it grovels in success of these young girls’ submission Putting pressure on girls to always look their best Constantly striving to conform to this image, We feed this monster with our hard earned money month after month We see the fads change year after year We sell our lives to this malignant trend generation after generation Skirt up, shirt down! Conforming to this idea of beauty until we are no longer human but a shell- Covered in greasy pigment with charcoal around our eyes Squeezing into yoga pants and shivering in the cold because It’s “uncool” to wear a coat So try on a new mindset And get off of the worldly swing set Push the button that says reset And start again Leave the movie set Cause all the worlds a stage And we are just playing a part There is something more There is someone who offers love So when you get dressed in the morning Don’t think about what they’ll say It will take some getting used too But don’t let it phase you Think about the one who loves you Because he’s all that matters When I was a little girl, I loved to play dress up And I still do