My Body

My Body
Today in class
I could hear three boys talking about
the different girls in our class
the girls seemed to en joy
the good things they said
but the bad things bothered them
to the point where after class they were standing
in the hallway
CRYING

What the f**k?

So one day they got around to discussing

MY BODY
so I stood up
right there in the middle of class
because the teacher sure as hell
was not going to teach them

MY BODY
IS NONE
of your  damn business
 My body
is the way
I EXPERIENCE THE WORLD
My body works for me
And if my b***s are too small for you
and my hips are too big
my skin is too light
and my lips aren't shaped  right
you shouldn't care
IT IS MY BODY
and I like it the way it is

What makes you feel like you have the right
to critique
rip apart
and undermine
it?

I stood by
Lucy Stone
Gabrielle Chanel
and all the great women of the world when
I spoke
The boys looked at me speechless
I was the teacher in the moment
they didn't have an answer
because
they didn't have a right
to say any s**t about
MY BODY