Stand With Me

They always comment on the weight

They always comment on the acne 

"I can connect the dots on your face!"

"You're too curvy to be athletic"

"You're too fat to run a marathon"

"Just suck it in a little

And it'll make it fit"

The comments do not stop

Not for me,

Not for my sisters, 

Not for my friends

The comments will not stop 

Until we all achieve perfection

When we are all a size two

Looking like a barbie

But that cannot be

I am not artificial 

I will not endure plastic surgery 

I must stand stall

I will not strive for who I can never be

I will not sit still 

And look pretty

I shall instead inspire

I shall be fierce

Fighting against this ever growing desire 

To become dolls in human bodies 

Women, we must fight back

Not with protests 

Not with riots

But with silent confidence 

We must spark a fire 

A fire of confidence 

That will spread 

And spread 

And spread 

Until it has reached every woman 

In every corner of the world

We must stand up

Not for ourselves 

But for every woman after us 

For our little girls 

For the teens who binge on the daily

For the ladies who work out till they drop

For the ones who starve until that scale reads

"Finally made it to skinny"

We must stand for each other 

We must spark a flame

That will never die

That can never be blown out

It is time to stop being petty

It is time to stop believing the myth

That we all must be a size two

Perfect definition of pretty 

It is time to instead lift each other up 

There is no time to give into society 

We must act now 

We must save what little we have left 

Before the light fades away 

What will we have then? 

What will we have once we give in? 

There will be no more matches 

To spark a flame 

We will have all signed up 

Headed to the end of natural 

Walking straight towards artificial 

Standing in lines to become fake dolls

"Throw away beauty, 

Welcome perfection"

Women, we must act now

This is becoming reality 

Can you not see?

Join in with me

Stand for the cause of beauty 

Of embracing the natural

And throwing away artificial 

Let me light the flame

I'll gladly strike the match

But it will soon fade into the night

If we do not use all our might 

To fight for this cause.