1By myself
I buy myself2
3Purchase a head
with eyes
and brain
and headaches, too
(I like the pain
it’s one thing I can truly own
one thing I can bear alone)
A body, too
those extra pounds
fatty mounds sag
to the ground
the stretchy tits
the damaged knees
the thighs made up
of cottage cheese
These I buy, despite the cost
I take the gains
ignore the loss
forget the pain
I like the way
I finally have the right to say:
You have no control of me
I am private property
Feel free to stand beside the gate
For I’m content to let you wait
away from me
all day and night
Trespassers are shot on sight4
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*~*For Contest - I think this poem is the best because I wrote it with absolute honesty and it has a message that, I think, went across very well: Just because your body isn't perfect doesn't make you a lesser person, unworthy of someone who loves you for who you are. Your body is yours . All those perceived "flaws" are the things that make you different from other people, the things that make you a unique individual. Don't spend your time wishing that you looked better or that you had different genes (like I did, a LOT, when I was in high school). Love yourself for who you are and never let ANYONE tell you that you shouldn't.
Um, that is why I think this poem should win your contest. Hopefully my message went through and, if it places, then maybe more people will read it and maybe be affected by it in some small way.*~*
Gold trophy winner
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