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Make Way (for these hips)

Make Way (for these hips)

Make Way (For These Hips)

February 17, 2016

I'm searching my archives for a project and found this. I needed the reminder. Maybe you do, too. I hope you are reminded of something beautiful when you glance at your own reflection. Our daughters are counting on it.

 

Kinky hair.
Olive skin.
Big brown eyes.
Full set

of

lips.

Mascara?

No

thank

you.

Tweezers? Yes, please.
Eyebrows gettin’ crazy.
Lady-stash?

Pluck

off.

Crooked smile.
Baby teeth.
Triple D’s.
Holy hips.

Hour glass curves

softened

by

motherhood
Cellulite.
Muffin top.

Doesn’t matter

what

I

see.
What matters is
How she sees

I

see

me

Celebrate the kinky curls
The crooked smile
The lady-stash tweezers

Love the comfort

of

my

soft

curves
Make way for me (and my hips)
Doesn’t matter what I see.

What does is how she sees

I

see

me.
 

***

 

 

 

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