You learned to be appalled at the sight of blood coming out between your legs.
You learned to fear your groin, because touching it felt like a sin.
You learned to measure your breast size, wishing you had more.
You learned to shave your body hair because they look gross.
You learned to use soaps that bleach your skin, until it turns red.
You learned to put on make up and conceal every spots on your face that you hate.
You learned to grow resentful of your own reflection in the mirror.
You learned to despise your naked body.
Yet, you knew you were more than your body. You weren’t born into this world anguished at the glimpse of your natural form.
They taught you otherwise. They taught you to hate.
They taught you to wish you weren’t a woman.
But you are, and it’s time to unlearn that hate.
(artwork from: Alyssa Joyce Sevilla)
MESSYPENS 