My body is mine.

saffornrose

I wear baggy clothes,

Not because I like them, 

But because maybe people will stop touching

What they don’t own.

 

My body is mine.

 

I wear baggy clothes,

I hide under the seams 

To try to not make people to keen,

To touch what doesn’t belong to them.

 

My body is mine.

 

I wear baggy clothes

The aesthetic is there, yes.

But have you ever had to imagine,

What it feels like crawling in your skin.

 

My body is mine.

 

I wear baggy clothes,

But when I don't, 

I'm trying to hard to impress 

They say ‘you can't wear that dress’.

 

My body is mine.

 

I wear baggy clothes 

They say’ looking good babe’

Whistling down the street,

Sometimes it doesn't happen, 

But sometimes it's everyone you meet.

 

My body is mine.

 

I wear baggy clothes,

Hiding what only a few a know,

Your body-

Is the only thing that matters to some of them,

To be an object in a man's eyes.

 

My body is mine.




  • Author: saffornrose (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 28th, 2023 14:52
  • Comment from author about the poem: This poem is describing what it is like to feel like a women. Women have to go through so much and it doesn't help when only a few ,and I stress only a few men in this world cannot respect us. So this poem is about the struggles of women dealing with some men and our bodies. Just the general sexism we as women sometimes face. I'm not saying that men do not face sexism because they definitely do but as a women myself I have only experience it from a female's perspective.
  • Category: Reflection
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