Devil's Territory

Be still and know your sign

The beast will arrive in time

We stayed a long, long time

We stayed a long, long time

To see you

To beat you

Some days it feels as though the entire world is against me.

Like people have been waiting to beat me with words.

On the outside I always make sure I look like I don't care.

On the inside its never easy.

I always do my best and shake it off.

Life is too short to be hurt by words anyways.

As a child I was born and created my own wild ways.

The reason why I felt the need to run wild and free was because I felt so different.

So un real.

I didn't quite know what  exactly made me different from the rest, I just knew I was small.

Looking back, I know why some people stared and looked so repulsed.

I resembled a child who survived the holocaust.

I was a child of skin and bones.  

I felt like a creature and so I embraced it.

I had a never ending hunger to be tall, so I climbed the tallest trees.

I longed to be fast and mighty, so I raced the boys and made friends with them.

I always succeeded in everything that you'd think someone so small could  never accomplish.

To me as a child, breaking the mold of "a small weakling" was a triumph.

I loved being different.

Then as I got older came the swarming comments.

Go eat a hamburger!

At parties when I'd put servings of food on my plate I'd hear: You can do better than that.

You're so little

So skinny

Are you anorexic?

Get some help!

Recently one of my friends mothers commented on one of my Facebook statuses about being cold.  

No meat on your skinny little bones.

You know what?

I've had enough of this.

Doesn't anyone know that I cant help the way I was born?

The term skinny shaming is new.

What people don't seem to get is, it's just as dangerous as any other body shaming.

These days most of us wouldn't think twice about how rude it would be to go up to an overweight person eating cake and tell them to stop.

So when did It become acceptable to pick on someone's skinniness?

I've been seeing more and more

"Curves are beautiful."

"Having no curves is not."

Bullshit.

I get cold. 

I get so unbearably cold. and it's not fun. It makes It even worse when I am criticized of my body image while freezing away.

Why cant we embrace and accept all body types?

We are all beautiful no matter what.

At the end of the day It is what's on the inside that counts.  

If you are insecure about your body, don't take it out on me.

It's time to get out of the devil's territory and speak with kind lips.

To love ourselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9GgnP-xCb8

Reviews

[B]

You are extremely unique
Look at your work
so original
I once got so upset by someone saying something so mean to me
My uncle told me listen
Does the word stick
is it on your clothes your skin
who cares just forget it , its not on you

You are a beautiful woman
and your words and this poem is so artistic and cool

[dan]

Kathryn, I'm not sure if this is about your self or written as a social commentary. If this IS about you, I am sorry you are harassed by others about your thin build. I'm sorry you are so COLD...are you generally healthy? As a friend that would be the only thing that would concern me. I used to be thin, till I was about 40. Now I've gained weight; I was 160 lbs at 40, now I'm 215 at 58. I hate being fat, but my metabolism will allow me to lose only SO MUCH weight, no matter what I eat (and have too much pain to exercise at all). I hope you can disregard the haters and name-callers and know that the inner you, the good person that you are, will always define you, not your thin build. take care...dan

[Kathryn Smith]

Hey Dan!! :) Yep I'm healthy. Thanks for the great review. I'm only about 101 pounds but I'm 5'1 so it's healthy weight they say.

[AaronFreitas]

This is a great write... I loved it! Everyone has their opinion but the most important is your own :) You have a beautiful mind therefor you are a beautiful strong woman... there's my opinion :) Love your thoughts

[Kathryn Smith]

Aw thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it! x

[AaronFreitas]

You are welcome :)

[butterfly desire]

I really like this we are all different
but that's what makes us beautiful
no one should be judged by the outside
but by thier character . I have lived this
iam skinny and Bi-racial. do dubble whammy .
great writing keep it up

[Kathryn Smith]

Thanks so much! It's nice to know someone understands. Usually I get the whole "Don't complain about this topic or you'll offend everyone." Kind of thing.

[butterfly desire]

You are very wrlcome I believe that. this world would be
a better place if thus one commandment. was followed
judge not lest you be judged .

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Some people never learn that as long as one feels healthy then what's the difference? If people spent more time worrying about their own shortcomings, and less about those of others, the world would be a better place... fat, skinny, short, tall, it doesn't matter as long as one feels healthy...well-said, Kathryn...

[Kathryn Smith]

Thanks! :)

[wordman]

just be your self,to hell with opinions,everybody has one,like a*s holes and they all stink !

[Kathryn Smith]

:D haha! You never fail to make me smile wordman thank you! :)

[wordman]

my gift in life i guess lol smile on

[KittyKatgirl]

This is really good :) People who are overweight aren't the only people who have to worry about their figure people who are unable to gain weight also go through the same things. I enjoyed reading this and keep up the great work :)

[Kathryn Smith]

Thank you! :)