Image (poem)

Why must you judge me only by what you see?
Look past the details and see the real me
How does my not being thin
Make me worse of a friend?
I thought we lived in the same kind of world

Sure, I've got olive skin
But I'm light within
And I have natural black hair
Why must you compare?
I'm perfect as I am, like you

I'm short, fat, and female down there
These facts make you quick not to care
I've got dark brown eyes that help me to see
But I'm not quick to judge like you are with me
And I'm scared to be me in this world

Why won't you love me? Because of how I look
Yet if I had been different, your world would have shook
I hate that you can't see me for what's within
Instead of the fact that I'm nowhere near thin
I deserve some God damned love, too

( January 6th, 2008 ; 4:45pm )