Bodies Are Superficial

I considered putting this in Just Be Friends, but I figured it was better suited for it's placement here.

Bodies are superficial.
They are what make us feel the need to reveal ourselves to the world.
Why is our sex one of the first things we reveal about ourselves?
Our bodies are our own.
Can't they stay that way?

Bodies are superficial.
They are what make us feel strong or weak, beautiful or ugly, normal or flawed.
Why do we even care how we appear?
We should be considered strong based on the strength of our will.
The beauty of one's personality should be all that matters.
Being flawed IS normal.

Bodies are superficial.
When we love, we show that more through touch than any other sense.
Rarely do we let the words "I love you" speak for themselves.
Only sometimes do gifts and plans seem to be considered more than friendly in nature...
...and even then it's always about the romance or the sex.
Can't we just agree that it's the thought that counts?
Isn't being merely friendly with your lover just as loving?
Why do we insist on separating friendship with true love?
What even draws that line?
Sex?
...why?

Bodies are superficial.
They are what we see and judge more than what really matters about someone.
Why do we even care about a pretty face to look at while we have sex?
Sex should be about intimacy, compassion, and enjoying the pleasure and satisfaction of togetherness.
Sex should be about making love.

Bodies are superficial.
They are the masks all of us hide behind.
Beautiful people can have ugly hearts.
Wonderful people can have ill intentions.
Relationships can end.
Friendships can go sour.
"They didn't seem like the kind of person to..."
There's no such thing.
We are different inside than out, yet
a body makes us feel like we are completely open to the world,
that we have to be honest about our physical appearance or that we're not being honest at all.

But really?
Who says you have to do anything?
Who says you can't be a feminine boy or a masculine girl?
Who says a homosexual relationship isn't just as legitimate as a heterosexual one?
Who says you can't be asexual and in a relationship?
Who says ugly people don't deserve love; or that you're even ugly to begin with?
Who says sex is what draws the line between "just friends" and "lovers"?
Who says you can't be transgender or Gender Queer just because of your anatomy?
Who says you don't deserved to be loved for what's on the inside?
Who says what's normal isn't flawed, and what's flawed isn't normal?
Who says that you have to see me physically before you can see me personally?

Who makes these rules?
Who decides how we live?
We do...
...so stop limiting yourself.

Author's Note

PICTURE NOT MINE. You can find it here: http://talonabraxas.deviantart.com/art/Dweller-of-the-Invisible-140371024?q=boost%3Apopular%20invisible&qo=54