Makeup brush pampers the part I want to cover most,
as I spend more time creating a new picture, than telling myself I'm already beautiful.
My enemy, the mirror, perfectly clean and crafted hangs mockingly,
and points out the irritated, blemished painting.
My eyes borrowed from a bald eagle spots ugly prey from miles away and swoops to try to kill it.
Like a conqueror it sees all things sharp, dismantling food full of confidence.
The rich, nurturing appetite that I obtain I see shredding behind the pounds of makeup,
behind the embroidery of the brush.
I see myself shredding away and looking at those infant shreds as grossly inferior.
How easy it is for young girls and women alike to get lost in a society of makeup and perfect appeal?
In pressure so immense like the earth's core, we cannot see it.
How many countless embroidery brushes pampered your face? To please who?
How many volumes of the cover-up have liquidated your skin and you called it beauty?
My eyes borrowed from a bald eagle stared at me nakedly as I put my own brush down.
as I spend more time creating a new picture, than telling myself I'm already beautiful.
My enemy, the mirror, perfectly clean and crafted hangs mockingly,
and points out the irritated, blemished painting.
My eyes borrowed from a bald eagle spots ugly prey from miles away and swoops to try to kill it.
Like a conqueror it sees all things sharp, dismantling food full of confidence.
The rich, nurturing appetite that I obtain I see shredding behind the pounds of makeup,
behind the embroidery of the brush.
I see myself shredding away and looking at those infant shreds as grossly inferior.
How easy it is for young girls and women alike to get lost in a society of makeup and perfect appeal?
In pressure so immense like the earth's core, we cannot see it.
How many countless embroidery brushes pampered your face? To please who?
How many volumes of the cover-up have liquidated your skin and you called it beauty?
My eyes borrowed from a bald eagle stared at me nakedly as I put my own brush down.
I cannot let my eyes secrete anymore salt,
I don't like the taste that touches my lips mixed with the animal free, cosmetic clean makeup.
If boys and men alike truly cared with those eyes, then my insides bubbling in a pot,
bursting to get through the glass ceiling would have already exploded,
signaling the taste buds it's time to cook the rich, nurturing appetite I obtain.
The end product would have shined confidence, brighter than diamonds.
But, like so many others I keep my bubbling insides trapped,
obsessed that people would not find it savoringly delicious.
My head rests on the pillow as the cells store information in my brain.
I retrieve new knowledge consisting of women holding more degrees than the male,
women-owned businesses growing at alarming rates.
Perhaps most intriguing of all, women generating nearly $230 billion in sales each year.
Digest that algorithm, embed it in your memory cells because the
female species is dangerously successful, dangerously powerful at ripping the heart
of every setback forged by institutions and assaults,
to still be standing on the mountaintop of worthiness.
Incapable, incompatible, soft, weak are not tolerable, sufficient or final responses anymore.
Now, gazing in my mirror I ask:
What does it take for a woman to make a dollar around here?
-Arnelle W.
I don't like the taste that touches my lips mixed with the animal free, cosmetic clean makeup.
If boys and men alike truly cared with those eyes, then my insides bubbling in a pot,
bursting to get through the glass ceiling would have already exploded,
signaling the taste buds it's time to cook the rich, nurturing appetite I obtain.
The end product would have shined confidence, brighter than diamonds.
But, like so many others I keep my bubbling insides trapped,
obsessed that people would not find it savoringly delicious.
My head rests on the pillow as the cells store information in my brain.
I retrieve new knowledge consisting of women holding more degrees than the male,
women-owned businesses growing at alarming rates.
Perhaps most intriguing of all, women generating nearly $230 billion in sales each year.
Digest that algorithm, embed it in your memory cells because the
female species is dangerously successful, dangerously powerful at ripping the heart
of every setback forged by institutions and assaults,
to still be standing on the mountaintop of worthiness.
Incapable, incompatible, soft, weak are not tolerable, sufficient or final responses anymore.
Now, gazing in my mirror I ask:
What does it take for a woman to make a dollar around here?
-Arnelle W.
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