Beautiful

I look in the mirror and see nothing but bad. 
Those girls at school, they called me fat. 
I can see what they mean, I weigh one seventy five. 
And even though I don't believe it, people say I look fine. 
I see the rolls, the jiggle, the wrong. 
I've been this way for so very long. 
I'm ugly, or at least that's what I tell myself. 
And I know it's true, I need help. 
But wait, there's a woman on T.V. 
She says she is just like me. 
And even though she isn't skinny, 
she's as gorgeous as can be. 
She tells them that she did this herself. 
She wanted to show girls like me that we don't need help. 
We ARE wonderful in ever single way. 
No matter what the critics say. 
She says even though I may not be a size two, 
I'm still the same as any of you. 
I have a heart, a pulse, a brain. 
And all of that makes me the same. 
I'm not evil or ugly or bad. 
She even said that I shouldn't be sad. 
She weighs two thirty nine, 
and trust me... she is just fine. 
She's still as beautiful as can be. 
And she even happened to inspire me. 
So instead of hating and hurting yourselves, 
Remember that you're beautiful, wonderful girls. :)

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[constancelovesdarkness]

This poem brought a lil' bit of tears to my eyes. Sometimes the words people say about me, gets to me. Because of my boyfriend, I am able to ignore what the world says and be proud of who I am.