You're too tall!
You're damn short
You are black!
You're fading away.
Will you ever get fat?
You've got to lose some weight!

These words and many more
Were thrown at us on a daily basis
Till we began to hate our very selves.

We couldn't stand our looks
So we shyed away from mirrors
And all things that'll open us up
To our true nature.

We hid behind masks
Trading our beauty for their vanity
Conforming to their pictures
Till we had no idea who we were.

We lost all sense of self
And knew not the way back.

We struggled for their approval
Strived to make the bar
Which was always raised a step higher
Till we felt that we would snap.

We couldn't keep up with man
And his insatiable appetite
We needed to put a stop to it
And so we did.

Each day now met us at the mirror
Where we stood in awe of the beauty
Our eyes were opened to see.

We appreciated our every flaws
Our scars and our struggles
We determined to ever help us
Become better versions of us
And refuse to be put down by anyone.

We are unique, we are beautiful
We choose to accept us for who we are
And refuse to bend to the mould of men
We are unique.
We are UNIQUE!


Models: Efe Enas and Ndibe Carita

If we take what people throw at us as verdict, we fizzle away with melting.

It has been a while, hope you are good?

Very much true. There is the need to love ourselves the way we are and make the necessary improvements.



It's really been a while. I've been good. I just wasn't able to really write anything until recently.

Thanks.