This is a poem I wrote a while ago. I guess it doesn't need much introduction, so, here it is:
Pretty Girl
Pretty
girl
Don’t
listen to him
When
he tells you not to take that sweet
Lying
soft and tempting within your reach
Waiting
for you to eat it
Don’t
listen to him
When
he says
“You
don’t want to put on fifteen kilos now, do you?”,
In
a mocking, joking voice
Don’t
take him seriously
He
doesn’t mean it
He
doesn’t know it hurts
Pretty
girl
Don’t
look at her
When
the example she sets is one
Buried
under inches and inches of perfect,
Painstaking
makeup
Hiding
her flaws
Don’t
look at her
When
your friends say
“She
has no imperfections, why can’t you be like her?”,
In
beautiful, envious tones
Don’t
take it personally
They’re
not thinking
They
don’t know it hurts
Pretty
girl
Don’t
pay attention to them
When
they knot caustically into their cliques
Like
swarms, their safety in numbers
Snickering
at you because
You
are different
Don’t
pay attention to them
When
they say
“Why
aren’t you like us, why don’t you fit?”,
With
sarcastic, acerbic words
Don’t
take it as an insult
They
don’t understand
They
don’t know it hurts
Pretty
girl
Block
them out
When
they point perfectly painted fingernails
Sharp
and faultless as their bitter voices
Not
piano fingernails
Block
them out
When
they say
“What
is she good for, why is she taking up space?”,
In
lilting, mockingbird voices
Don’t
take it on board
They
don’t know better
They
don’t know it hurts
Pretty
girl
Above
all, do not care
When
the world around you is shallow as a rock pool
Anything
meaningful reflecting off the sparkling surface
Waiting
to blind someone
Do
not care
When
the world says
“Why
have you come out of the mold differently?”,
In
a genuinely confused tone
Don’t
take it to heart
It
doesn’t comprehend
That
it hurts
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