Perfect

New year new you
Rather new year less you
Each year begins
With a need to be perfect
But what is perfect
We seem to think its a size 6
Some may bemoan those who try
And attain this “perfection”
But can you blame them
Every shop you walk in
Being anything more than a 12 is deplorable,
that is despite the UK average being a size 16, yeah you heard me right.
We used to go to a seamstress
To make clothes fit us!
Instead we change ourselves,
to fit into clothes.
It’s so silly to think that we let one abstract number define us,
We are more than our size.
Today I choose to stop playing, this number’s game
If I hit the gym this year,
It’s to get healthier and leaner
And end up looking like Serena
(Williams that is)
Not to fit into a little black dress
Because if I want to wear a LBD
I’ll just buy one that fits me.
Perfection will only be attained when you love yourself NOW,
not just when you lose those pesky 5 pounds.
So wake up everyday knowing that
you are absolutely perfect
just the way you are.