"THE TOWER"
by Becky Hemsley 2019
by Becky Hemsley 2019
You stand and face the mirror
And you magnify your flaws
You focus on the features
That are so uniquely yours
For they simply don’t conform
To the criteria of beauty
They’ve convinced you is the norm
They make believe your beauty
Doesn’t go beneath your skin
That you simply can’t be pretty
If you have a crooked grin
They say your eyes can’t be too small
Your nose can’t be too big
That your lips must be just right -
Not over-full but not too thin
They say your ears must not stick out
Your hair can’t be too wild
Only those with tick-box beauty
May be physically admired
But those obsessed by beauty
Are the ones who can’t be free
Because they’re limited by what
Somebody else says they should be
So next time you face the mirror
And you smile your crooked grin
Remember, beauty’s just a tower
That society’s trapped you in
And you think you can’t escape
Because you think there is no key
But you simply need to redefine
The walls of your beauty
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Becky Hemsley 2019
Fabulous artwork by Charly Clements Illustration
'The Tower' is from Talking to the Wild https://a.co/d/9r1gnQZ
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