Hey you! The girl in the awkward high heels with bunions and fallen arches. Yes, you....with the face and hair aged by unfair expectations, chemicals and heat. Do you realize that your breath is shallow from holding it in so your bulges don't show? The bulges that are a reminder of meals that have been missed or eaten in haste. Your falsely whitened teeth try to hide the nicotine stains, a habit picked up to fight the weight battle and spurred by insecurities. You in the creative wardrobe, mixing and matching designers and colors so it appears that you have new clothes on every single day. You with the painted talons that get in the way of living your life freely. You soldier on daily with repeated onslaughts to your body and soul, trying desperately to fit your square peg into round holes. You who finds substitutes to fill the emptiness that results.
Stop and think whether the reflection in the mirror is your own. There are places to see, languages to be learnt, boundaries to be shattered, planets to be saved, children to be nurtured, peaks to be climbed, books to be read and written, strays to be rescued and beaches to be walked barefoot on. There is a life to be lived in comfortable shoes and clothes. Wear your body with pride. It is your very own unique stamp on this universe. Step out of those uncomfortable clothes and expectations and breathe......
Stop and think whether the reflection in the mirror is your own. There are places to see, languages to be learnt, boundaries to be shattered, planets to be saved, children to be nurtured, peaks to be climbed, books to be read and written, strays to be rescued and beaches to be walked barefoot on. There is a life to be lived in comfortable shoes and clothes. Wear your body with pride. It is your very own unique stamp on this universe. Step out of those uncomfortable clothes and expectations and breathe......
