Criticism of the Mind

too fat

too skinny

eating too much

eating too little

not good enough

too self confident

around and around it goes

my mind can't stop 

won't stop

if I tell myself this 

it will keep me in check

I will be liked by the people who put themselves through the same terror 

it damages

our freedom stripped from us 

locked in a room of opinions

nobody to talk to when you feel like crying the mirror image away

your pillow soaked with salty tears of repetitive criticism 

A mirror

A teenage body

the same mirror you judge yourself in every morning and night

hoping one day it will give you what you want

Your mind

the mind that tells you positive things to make you feel better

but always goes back to your naked body 

stripped of beauty on the outside 

when it's all on the inside

The human brain is a complicated muscle that works so hard to be loved by others

to not realize it needs to love itself first

love yourself

you are beautiful in every way