Dear fourteen year old me watching a beautiful model walk the run way in high waisted shorts and crop top thinking, "One day, I will have a body like that."
No, you won't.You are not cut out for a figure like that nor can you achieve something like that.
But you can learn how she walks- head held high, confident and so comfortable in her own body. Learn to be comfortable with your body.
Dear fourteen year old me applying a fairness cream sample and scrutinising her curls,
Did you notice the girl from the fairness advertisement?
The colour of her face and neck did not match.
And about the curls, don't worry they'll tame themselves.
Dear fourteen year old me wondering why a boy who is barely seventeen called you cute and not sexy,
Last week the principal of your school mentioned how well you acted in a sketch in the morining assembly.
Your maths teacher told you that you are improving dramatically. Your best friend told you only you understand her.
Your english teacher told you you wrote the best essay in your class.
A friend of your mother's complimented on how well you sing.
And you are stuck on not being called sexy?
Damn.
Dear fourteen year old me waiting for a man to tell you how beatiful you are,
You can't even watch an one minute telly commercial properly and you are waiting.
You are not a damsel in distress.
You are not a princess who needs to claim her crown.
You are a queen and a queen does not wait.
She commands.
So, starting commanding yourself. You have a warm heart and a beautiful brain and that makes you a force to be reckoned with not the melanin on your skin or almond shaped eyes or perfect lips.
Dear fourteen year old me applying bubblegum pink nail polish listeining to Justin beiber and not enjoying it,
Ask your mom to buy you black nailpaint on your next shopping trip and start saying that your favourite track, at the moment, is Numb by Linkin Park.
Yes, they will tell you that you are weird.
So?
Dear fourteen year old me,
You are only fourteen give yourself a break.
- Dear fourteen year old me.
( You had a terrible choice in spectacle frames)
No, you won't.You are not cut out for a figure like that nor can you achieve something like that.
But you can learn how she walks- head held high, confident and so comfortable in her own body. Learn to be comfortable with your body.
Dear fourteen year old me applying a fairness cream sample and scrutinising her curls,
Did you notice the girl from the fairness advertisement?
The colour of her face and neck did not match.
And about the curls, don't worry they'll tame themselves.
Dear fourteen year old me wondering why a boy who is barely seventeen called you cute and not sexy,
Last week the principal of your school mentioned how well you acted in a sketch in the morining assembly.
Your maths teacher told you that you are improving dramatically. Your best friend told you only you understand her.
Your english teacher told you you wrote the best essay in your class.
A friend of your mother's complimented on how well you sing.
And you are stuck on not being called sexy?
Damn.
Dear fourteen year old me waiting for a man to tell you how beatiful you are,
You can't even watch an one minute telly commercial properly and you are waiting.
You are not a damsel in distress.
You are not a princess who needs to claim her crown.
You are a queen and a queen does not wait.
She commands.
So, starting commanding yourself. You have a warm heart and a beautiful brain and that makes you a force to be reckoned with not the melanin on your skin or almond shaped eyes or perfect lips.
Dear fourteen year old me applying bubblegum pink nail polish listeining to Justin beiber and not enjoying it,
Ask your mom to buy you black nailpaint on your next shopping trip and start saying that your favourite track, at the moment, is Numb by Linkin Park.
Yes, they will tell you that you are weird.
So?
Dear fourteen year old me,
You are only fourteen give yourself a break.
- Dear fourteen year old me.
( You had a terrible choice in spectacle frames)