ANGUISH
Her mind screamed there was more to her
The world screamed she was Fat
The soft heart succumbed and the head sighed
The workout sessions were tough and food limited
She was never the happy girl again
ANXIETY
An inch or two of fat around the belly
The thighs were larger than life
The shape never normal
What happens when you are not normal and there is normalcy around
What happens when you are not what they want you to be
You are trying harder and harder to get there but all in vain
When the hours at gym don’t match the expected
When the present does not match the expected
Those anxiety bolts and attacks
She should know more
JUDGEMENT
She was described by the way she looked
Not for her actions
A gold medal hung from the neck
A winner, in a world that didn’t care
So long as she wasn’t lovely and fair
So, those eyes still looked down
The *UGLY DUCKLING* that she was
All her medals combined would never make up for it.
BEAUTY
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder
The real beauty was in the soul
She was a rather nice girl, pure in her ways
Little did the passers-by know that
Little did they realize how immensely gifted she was
In small little ways, that probably
Didn’t matter
Well, matter to them.
She was full of life, full of love- uncorrupted
She was more beautiful than the world let her realize.
CONFIDENCE
The need of approval went away
The need to stay a certain way ended
She embraced herself with open arms
She was whole in her being
All she did was call a simple truce with herself and the world
— Shravani Vyakarnam for MTTN