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Autobiographical Poem

April 10, 2024
By Anonymous

Myself

I look at myself in the mirror

My thighs are too big, 

My waist isnt small enough, my stomach is bloated. 


My eyes are different sizes 

And my hair does what she wants. 


I have so many flaws

Too many. 


But this body is home, 

My childhood is buried here, 

My sleep rises and sets inside

 

Desire

Crested and wore itself thin

Between these bones

I live here.


I breathe here

I laugh here

I cry here


I look at my younger self

So happy and careless

I would never say the things to her

That i say to myself now


I often wonder what it would be like

If I could hug her.


The author's comments:

This is a very deep and personal poem. I talk about numerous insecurities that I struggle with as a teenage girl.


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