Warning 

I have stretch marks 

Stretch marks 

The stretching of skin 

Appearing on those from thick to thin

Some on men, best friend to women 

Those fierce lines 

The tiger stripes of woman pride 

That we all try to hide 

But I don’t know why

I thought we were all about beauty being natural 

Then why is media beauty posed as unfactual 

The bodies I see on my phone are unachievable and irrational

Warning 

I am not a size zero

I don’t have a tiny waist of a superhero 

I have a belly whether I’m full or famished 

I sometimes don’t eat a salad with my sandwich 

I have rolls on my back 

My biggest curves is all of me from my thighs, hips to my rack 

The mastery of self control is something I sometimes lack 

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I don’t believe it’s an ugly thing to be fat 

“Do I look fat in this”

“Does this dress make me look big” 

“I look so fat in this pic”

Since when has big become unattractive 

Society says it impossible to be fat and attractive 

Oh but being “PHAT” is okay 

Oh she got all the right curves the guys like to say 

So the bigger the better only applies to breast and ass

If your chest is bigger than your stomach then you get a free pass 

“You’re not that fat”

What do you want me to say?thank you? 

I don’t think so

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Skinny and healthy aren’t the same word 

I can be plus size and in shape no matter what you’ve heard 

You know what I’ve been forced to learn?

If my skinny friend eats burgers and fries no one bats an eye 

But if I stuff my face all eyes turn attention to my not so tiny waist 

I guess you can only pig out if you’re the size of twig 

I’m tired of my outside appearance taking from whats within 

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My “summer body” is my every day body 

Everyone’s body is a “summer body”

I won’t hide my arms because they jiggle when I raise my hand 

I won’t refuse to sit down to conceal my rolls or hold in my stomach when I stand 

Editing insta pics so I look like Kim K

When her body was permanently fixed to look that way

I will not keep altering 

When society is the one who’s faltering 

Warning 

Skinny girls have body problems but we have it worse

Now before y’all throw a fit, society doesn’t hit you where it hurts 

Halsey is the standard, Megan Fox is the goal

Lizzo is one of my only plus size idols, and her advocating for fat girls has taken its toll 

Her comments stacked with all kinds of trolls 

“Cover your body” and “No one wants to see all that”

Maybe it is a death sentence to be fat

It damn well shouldn’t be 

Just in case society brain washed you about my own body, I had to warn you 

Warning 

I am beautiful 

I am not beautiful in spite of my rolls, cellulite, and flab 

I’m beautiful because of that