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Poem: Insecure
©️Catelayah Gordon

I’m so insecure
I make me up
I make believe it’s the real me.
I hide behind contours of high cheek bones with the appearance of a smaller nose.
I get a BBL here & lip injections there.
I need the latest designer and the best bags.
I can’t let people think that I’m down bad!
Making sure everything is in place even my baby hair.
I might say I don’t care what a bitch say about me, but deep down I really do.
I find myself imitating IG models and reality tv stars.
I like attention that they get and the glamorous life they portray.
Yet when I turn my camera off it’s just a boring day.
It really is exhausting trying to be something I’m not.
Popping my s**t in public like I’m some kind of thot.
I really just want love and to release all my fears.
When you have to be strong it’s hard to shed a tear.
I’m tired of the struggle so bust my ass for this cash.
I need to slow down cause a bitch is living fast.
I’m kinda living reckless buying this s**t I really don’t need.
I could have owned a home right now and a couple properties.
Im trying to prove I’m a bad bitch for people who don’t care about me!
When I think about it this s**t is really bad.
Trying to get a life that they ain’t even had!
That s**t is staged and it’s fake but I lived in make believe.
I cover up may pain and insecurities with my long flowing weave.

Does it show that I’m not proud of the beauty that I possess ?
I know deep inside I’m a mess!
I try to fit into society’s box,
appearing like someone I’m not.
Things outside myself, gives the confidence boost I need.
Without it I’m not sure that I even will succeed.

AFTER I REALIZED WHO I AM

You’re beautiful with the creators genetic make up.
She designed you to be beautiful just the way you are.
If you didn’t have make up you’d still shine like a star.
I lost insight of who I am and what I’m meant to be.

I’m the chocolate sister with full lips and my skin shines like the Golden Sun.
Without all the extras I’m still number one.

My mind was programmed and highjacked until I had an epiphany.
That I’m beautiful on the inside and outside naturally.
I walked down the road of self love.
I poured myself a glass of confidence.
I don’t need your approval because I know I am enough.
I’m so much more then beauty and so much more then lust!
I’m not looking for any validation outside of myself. When I’m walking in my purpose I don’t need nothing else.

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