Eyebrows tweaked,
face all bleached,
lips made red,
the shade you bleed.
Waxy arms,
made smooth to touch,
as if a little hair,
matters that much.
Waist tucked in,
to appear thin,
when having belly fat,
is really no sin.
Restraining a smile,
playing on your lips,
for fear it isn’t perfect,
the way it is!
Is this how you lead
your so called happy life?
looking for approval
from all the fools and wise?
Are you so afraid to look within you
& embrace your true self,
that’s calling out to you?
Or worst of them all,
have you given in
to this cruel, unjust world,
whose patience’s running thin?
I Hope and pray you haven’t
coz that would be too bad,
the world would lose a wonder,
unlike anything it’s had!
Poet's Corner 