Embrace the Real You, a Poem

Embrace the Real You

They tell me to wear makeup

but I won't 

they tell me I won't look beautiful without it

but I feel beautiful without it

I feel beautiful within me

They tell me to show some skin

that it will make me look beautiful 

but I won't show some skin

I'll let my mind show my beauty

They tell me to have a certain shape, size and color 

that those few things will make me beautiful 

but I will love every curve and every inch of my body

I will love the sound of my voice 

when no one else will

They tell you 

that you should be soft and quiet 

but I will let my laughter be loud

and fill the whole room

They tell me to sit still and be proper 

but I will run and stumble

and won't worry about a little dirt

Loving myself 

is what will make me beautiful 

Loving the differences 

in every person 

is what makes you beautiful 

what makes the other person 

feel beautiful

You do what you want

show some skin or not

wear some make up or not 

You do you and be beautiful
because you are beautiful.

Love, 

Fida