Sitting up on the 5th floor, I can see a wide spread of beach, and there are so many different types of people here, of all weights and shapes and colors, and from a distance, there is beauty in all of them.
NPMC 2015 Poem 21
"Try to Turn that Weighty Page"
Up close we all scrutinize
and worry
over every dimple and lump
cellulite they call it
a little bit extra
more than we wanted
more than we can hide
how terrible it looks
how awful it feels
unsmooth and
clumpy
we lean into the mirror
and imagine ourselves glossy
like the cover of a magazine
perfectly thin
If we'd only step back
then step back some more
and try to gleen the bigger picture
of our bigger-ness
we'd see something remarkable
and smooth and round
and different that expected
just as worthy of our gaze
the beauty of the human form
in all its size and shape and weight
rolling down our bones
giving story to our gait
Why be one of a million
printed copies
when we can be one of one
home crafted
NPMC 2015 Poem 21
"Try to Turn that Weighty Page"
Up close we all scrutinize
and worry
over every dimple and lump
cellulite they call it
a little bit extra
more than we wanted
more than we can hide
how terrible it looks
how awful it feels
unsmooth and
clumpy
we lean into the mirror
and imagine ourselves glossy
like the cover of a magazine
perfectly thin
If we'd only step back
then step back some more
and try to gleen the bigger picture
of our bigger-ness
we'd see something remarkable
and smooth and round
and different that expected
just as worthy of our gaze
the beauty of the human form
in all its size and shape and weight
rolling down our bones
giving story to our gait
Why be one of a million
printed copies
when we can be one of one
home crafted
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