In honor of National Friendship day, dear reader, here is Face from my book in progress. Love yourself, reader. You're worth it.
Face
Large dark brown eyes, big lips, huge and
luscious eyebrows, long black hair and fierce cheekbones. If I ever got asked
to describe my face with love and detail, those are the words I would use. When
I see myself in the mirror, those words fade to bushy eyebrows, lips too large
for my face, long hair that makes my face look funny, etc. I know I live with
body image issues, and this sickness is very real to almost everyone I know.
There’s a very personal way of dealing with that person staring back at you in
the mirror. We break ourselves down, down to every pore in our bodies, we bring
judgement to our arms, our stomach, our eyes, our nose, our legs, and every
other innocent limb. But that’s not how other people see us, they see a
beautiful person that breaks themselves down, and cannot appreciate their
beauty. I know this to be true because when I see my friends and loved ones, I
see immensely gorgeous people, people that insist on shattering themselves.
