I am, I am not (Original Poetry)
I am not just what you think my body looks like I am all of the things my body is capable of doing Sure, slouching on the couch and binge watching TV But also of dancing my little heart out, limitless on joy I am not your critical and ruthless judgment of my looks I am the joy I feel when I can smile at myself in the mirror I am the days when I can't help smiling because I'm so happy Why must you insist on making me the tears that just won't stop? I am not your 'well-intended' words that echo my worst insecurities I am not the things you tell me that you think are for my own good I am the affirmations of who I am that tell me I am worth being here I am the tiny spark of joy that I can find in the littlest things I am not the version of me that you persist on perceiving in your mind I am not any less than who I am just because I'm not your perfect person The things you think I 'lack' or have 'too much of' do not make me any less I am not you...