Love in the Mirror

My whole adolescence I was told I was ugly

By my brother

By my mother

By my friends

And my bullies

I looked in the mirror and couldn’t understand

What they saw in me

That I didn’t see

I looked at my beautiful face with my blue eyes - and I kind of loved it

I looked at my body that carried me through the tough days - and I kind of loved it

I looked at my hair that they said was from the witches - and I kind of loved it

But they did everything to convince me I was wrong

That I shouldn’t love the way I was

And for some time, I believed them

But I kept looking in the mirror

Wondering why I was the only one to see

The beauty in me

Until I met him

Not even once he questioned

Not even once he made me feel less

He spent every day telling me how fucking beautiful I am

That I’m sexy

And hot

That my big booty

Made him respectfully hard

That no matter what

I’m the prettiest girl in the room

The way he loved me?

I realized that’s what real love is

That’s how we all should feel

Loved, secure, never doubting

Beautiful, hot, as fierce as a lightening

So you go ahead and say I’m ugly

That I’m fucked up and broken

I am all those things

But with his love

And with my soul

I’m so much fucking more

To him…

I’ll always be

The most beautiful

Woman in the world

To me?

I’m fucking unstoppable.