A little more curvaceous, 

A little more thin, 

A little more fair, 

A little tanned, 

A little taller, 

But not too tall, 

No grey hair, 

Maybe add a bit of color, 

A tinier waist, 

Longer legs, 

Thunder thighs, 

Reduce them, 

Puffy face? 

Consider dieting,

Got scars? 

Use foundation, 

Dark circles? 

Use color corrector, 

Double chin? 

Contour, 

No chin at all? 

Contour,

We are told to be many things, 

But never the one,

Who loves herself as she is, 

Without changing a ton,

For women, beauty isn’t in the eyes of the beholder, 

For women, beauty depends on the eyes of the beholder,

And thus, 

I don’t want to be beautiful, 

I want to be me, 

The flawed, imperfect me, 

For my imperfections are my imprints,

My imprints are beautiful…!!


-Hina Agraval