Body Shaming

No, do not sit like that,

Talk like this,

Wear this, not that,

Always smile,

Yes! I was told, I was fat

I was fat shamed for my body.

Called with different names all the time.

I learnt to hate myself.

They made me feel like being curvy was a crime.

So, I started working on getting thinner.

There was a time, when I was ashamed of being fat.

Couldn't they just let me live my life in peace?

They crushed the little confidence I had.

Again in their stupid circle of high expectations

"Physical beauty is true beauty" I was trapped

I worked on getting slim everyday.

Crying myself to sleep when nothing worked.

And so they taught me to hate my body time to time.

And I know I did & I am sorry

They said my acne was ****

And it need to be hidden

Go anywhere without makeup,

Or not dressing girly enough was forbidden.

But one day I decided,

I don't care.

So what if,

'I didn't have what they called the "perfect figure" or nicest hair's

I loved myself, and that was it.

They still say things all the time

But I have grown to listen to just one voice

That is "MINE".

Author:  Aayushi Sharma