at the gym
the scale
doesn’t need to change

Bret Henderson (4)

young women
their inner thoughts
become ink stains

Stephanie Helfgott (4)

biting into a cheeseburger
freedom drips down her chin
ketchup...catch up

Samantha Parks (3)

talking with friends
no longer afraid
that they're sizing you up

Samantha Parks (2)

pinching her
bony hips
in the dark

Madeline Knott (5)

the words
finally strike her:
I. Am. Me.

Jessica Golden (5)

from the darkness of the grotto
she looks up
to watch the rowers pass

Brittany Falardeau (4)

my Beauty
doesn’t come
from a bottle

If you only look skin deep,
You’ll never see,
All that you are

Danny Delaney (4)

light shining through
shows the beauty
inside and out

the scars of hate still stain her thighs
but today she smiles into the mirror

Samantha Parks (5)

The bedroom mirror
She learns to love
Her reflection

crying
from their hateful words
she tells him he’s loved

Ed Pluhar (3)

dive deep
beauty
sank within

a love/hate relationship
his happiness
weighted in food

Beth Ann Melnick (2)

she brushes back her hair
all her reflection shows
is hate

sweeping branch of mahogany
the curve
of my hip

Katie Coletta (9)

everywhere she looks
she finds
....beauty

others say plus-size
she only sees
beautiful strength

searching
she finds the beauty
in her eyes

The mirror
doesn’t lie
my eyes do

Kale Ewing (8)

I’m human
no matter
my size

the whole world
beautiful
when she smiles

Kelsy Whitney (7)

face your fear
let your beauty
come out

Perfectly happy
she eats from the carton
October moon

Beth Ann Melnick (4)

typical response
for you
to be like me

In the mirror
she focuses on
what really matters

looking inside
shows happiness
to everyone

scrawled across the sidewalk
words of love left behind
for the ones scared to love themselves

Samantha Parks (6)

pondering beauty
while she
counts the calories

what to see
beauty
eyes of me

in my car
she talks of food
like an old enemy

Beth Ann Melnick (4)

in the mirror
look
at your greatness