This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Monmouth chapter.
I wrote this poem during a time that I was feeling rather hopeless. I have struggled with my body image for as long as I can remember. The intensity of it comes in waves and during the time that I wrote this, I was in the midst of a hefty wave of insecurity and I wrote this to express how I feel when I’m in the midst of a time of self-doubt.
You talk about me like I’m not here.
Passing judgement,
Watching,
Measuring,
Obsessing.
Your whisper is constant
Even in silence.
I hear your breath
Hovering,
Counting,
Obsessing.
When I’m in a crowd
You’re the loudest voice.
And I don’t even try
To drown you out,
Suppress your screams
Because you’re louder than I’ll ever be.