No to New Year Diets and Ads for Self Improvement. Love you and your Body. Just as you are.

— Poem from Donna Ashworth in her book “Life”.

MIRROR

Mirror mirror on the wall

I see no care if I’m big or small

you see I realised long ago

that looking at you brings such woe

and so instead I look within

and made a pact that I’d begin

to see myself clear in my head

and take away the mirror dread

so now when I catch my reflection

I do not notice my complexion

instead I see a friend I know

someone I like from head to toe

and if perhaps you feel the same

allow these words to break that chain

the mirror should not be your foe

it’s time to let that struggle go

mirror mirror on the wall

I shall not catch you when you fall

because my worth is not in you

its somewhere safe

attached like glue

Thank you to Donna Ashworth for finding the words.