To My Body Ashley Rosario, 20
My friend mirror once told me “I know you don’t love yourself ”
how disgusted you felt being underneath your own skin.
I asked him “how do you know that”
How much it bothered you. how weak you’ll feel when i would show you , you.
He said “because when I would say I’m disgusting & you wouldn’t disagree”
To my body.
“I would make jokes and you would always joke around with me”. ever since i started to think.
Even though it took me pain and time to
So I’m sorry.
realize how beautiful you are,
I’m sorry I’ve mistreated you.
You are now my temple.
The bathroom mirror would be the first thing I would run to..
the temple where I’ll always go to, to praise you.
not to look at you and admire you but to look at you and belittle you.
the temple I’ll maintain. the temple I’ll rebuild no matter how many times the storms , rain , and words from the outside world would try to destroy you.
I’m sorry. I’m sorry I called you ugly, hideous in fact.
the scars, the pain , is the beauty within you.
I would stare at your scars & marks & be ashamed.
dear body, you’re my temple.
only because I felt like i should be the one to be blamed.
You’re beautiful and you’re worth it.
I should be blamed for putting you through everything you’ve been through.
I love you.
You’re perfect. I will take care of you til my very last breath.
I told my friend mirror about you.
my body.
I told him how skinny you were.
dear body, I love you. 36
