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Self-Love

By A. R. AmbrosiPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Photography and GIF by: A. R. Ambrosi

You say I'm vain and self-absorbed

You say I'm narcissistic

But I felt confident today

I leapt over the barrier

That society placed in front of me

At such a young and tender age

Airbrushed women in magazines

Glossy paper that smelled

Like perfume

And lies

You can be like this!

Bold headlines proclaimed

But they didn't tell you

They shaved down her hips

And retouched all her flaws

Exercise more

Eat less

Learn to please your man

All the pretty pink letters

On the front cover

Scream

As if all I'll ever be

Is a pretty ornament

Some sex toy for a man

I overcame all that today

I turned on my frontfacing camera

Pulled up a cute Snapchat filter

And today

Maybe just today

I wasn't disgusted by what I saw

I wasn't disappointed

By the lack of Photoshop lies

Conveniently at my fingertips

I felt pretty

In my flaws

With my unretouched

Wrinkles

And laugh lines

And subtle silver hairs

And my big hips

And fat rolls

And stretch marks

From boobs that developed too soon

I owned it all

I smiled

Or I duckfaced

I looked cute

And I snapped the photo

And I plastered my social media with it

Not because I want to keep looking

At all my undeniable cuteness

But because I hope to inspire some other girl

To have a little self-love today

To treat herself

Better than society does

To own the beauty in all her flaws

To take a selfie today, too

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About the Creator

A. R. Ambrosi

I like to write, if that makes me a writer, then rock on!

I started writing as a child because I ran out of stuff to read. So, I only write stuff that I like. If you like it too, awesome! Enjoy! ^_^

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