Pimples, scars and stretch marks.
Muffin tops and a lack of a thigh gap.
Anorexia and body dysmorphia.

Tissue oil , Retinol and Niacinamide
we try it all.
Pilates , Zumba and weightlifting
to burn it all.

Avoiding the camera and staring in the mirror.
Just one more bite ,
no i can't.
"a moment on the lips
and a lifetime on the hips"

We want it all but settle for less.
Words cut deep into our souls as we listen to the world surrounding us.

"She's too skinny"
"She's too fat"
"She will never find a man with all those muscles"
"Look at what's she's wearing"
"Dressed like that , she was asking for it"
"No man can love her with that temper"
"She flirts with every man"
"She's trying too hard"
"She talks too much"
"She's too quite"
"She needs to smile more"
"She is too naive"


All of these words builds up in our memory forming a wall. A wall to protect ourselves from the outside world while we break ourselves on the inside.

She deserves the world but the world does not deserve her.
Nobody sees her pain as she hides it behind her mask.

Long hair , red lips , tight dress , high heels , fake smiles and pretence.

She is a woman.
A woman of great power.
She has the ability to form and care for a live.

She holds the world on her shoulders as she walks down the catwalk and smiles.


© Zoe'z