#152
Not thin enough
Not voluptuous enough
Not symmetrical enough
Not curvaceous enough
Not exotic enough
Not toned enough
Not enticing enough
Not sexy enough
Stripping my sense of self-worth
Robbing me of hope
Zapping my smile
Stealing my happiness
Too ambitious
Too boring
Too promiscuous
Too prudish
Too chatty
Too restrained
Too clingy
Too independent
Vulnerabilities exposed, I’m on full display
Cheapened, humiliated, dehumanized
Compartmentalized in ways never known
Too flat
Too thick
Too short
Too tall
Too many freckles
Too much acne
Too many wrinkles
Too much gray
Stripping my sense of self-worth
Robbing me of hope
Zapping my smile
Stealing my happiness
Not rare enough
Not ample enough
Not fair enough
Not tan enough
Not shapely enough
Not proportionate enough
Not graceful enough
Not desirable enough
Vulnerabilities exposed, I’m on full display
Cheapened, humiliated, dehumanized
Compartmentalized in ways never known
Either believing you aren't enough or being told you aren't enough based upon your physical attributes and the consequences of the miserable feelings that are associated with this.
Written in 2016
Copyright, The Poetry of Bryan Buser