Property of ME

“Put on a shirt! 

You look like a whore!

But undo those buttons dear, modesty is a bore."

"Look at the girl on the magazine cover! Sheʼs beautiful and skinny and everyone loves her. 

But ‘real men’ donʼt want ‘bones’

They want that thick curvy ass. 

Like the one that got made fun of, just after class."

"Contour and highlight and arch those brows, even if you hate it, it will bring a crowd. Wipe that off though, if he says he doesnʼt like it, after all, you're his property, why should you fight it?"

Let me just say, all of that is SHIT! 

I've heard this all my life, and Iʼm sick of it! From classrooms to music and whatʼs on tv, even teachers and principals are too blind to see, it doesnʼt matter what we wear! 

It doesnʼt matter what we do!

Because, we always get put down.

Itʼs nothing new. 

Iʼm a mother and a fiancé

And someoneʼs daughter, I have dreams and aspirations that society wants to slaughter. Iʼm done with the labels and being told what to wear. I am not defined by my bra size or the way I style my hair.

I'll wear a dress,

A tuxedo, or nothing at all. 

If you let it bother you, then hey, thatʼs your call! 

If you donʼt like my size or my clothes thatʼs a matter of opinion but I will do my best to love the body, that I have been given. 

We will never be "asking for it" because our shirts hang down low. Itʼs up to us, how much skin we show.

Do what you want, dress how you please. You are human, you are you. 

Not a "bore" or a "tease”.