Here I am at this adult stage          
Step by step flipping a new page    
Dare to wish I was caught in a cage  
The life I have lived ain't fair              
Cos I never got my fair share              
Fooled myself that I didn't care            
Seconds, minuetes, hours, days, weeks, months, years even decades has passed                                            
After each heartbeat I wish I had asked                                                      
I have been told lies                              
Each time tears filled my eyes              
I have been told that weak is she who cries                                                
Deep inside my heart silently  I could cry

Here I am at this teenage stage            step by step flipping a neww page     Dare to wish I was caught in a cage   The life I have lived ain't fair                cos I never got my fair share               fooled myself that I didn't care            Seconds, minuetes, hours, days, weeks, months, years even decades has passed                                              After each heartbeat I wish I had asked                                                       I have been told lies                              Each time tears filled my eyes               I have been told that weak is she who cries                                                Deep inside my heart silently  I could cry

I thought I made a mistake today when I again equated  my self worth to numerics.

However, my life is worth more than numbers on a scale.

I have spent years learning to love myself.
I have spent months teaching myself helpful and safe patterns that honor myself.
I have spent weeks unlearning all the negative things I have heard from society about what a body should look like.
I have spent days helping others do the same through talking, art, music, and drama.
I have spent hours exploring my body- my temple.
I have spent minuetes unconsciously making new positive associations.

And I will spend no more seconds hating numerics in relation to my body.