What do you see? Had I lost weight? Or worn out? I always loved the way I am Yet the unwavering struggle between self-esteem, Eating habits and my weight gain! What instigated this ambivalence? The idea of so called "Beauty Standards" The pressure that the society laid me with this very idea Was not so direct. It started from the very comfort place - Home Denial of certain dresses Pointing out that am fat People used to point out At the quantity I eat is the reason why I am fat Some even persuaded me with the appeal of fear That I'd be even more obese when I become a mother Since I am from that kind of genetics. I don't say am not open to criticism Yet few people are even unaware That they are body shaming And being body shamed. The stress it lays Pulls them to predicament I've lost nearly __kg. Unlike influencers or others, I won't say it all happened in a blink of an eye. My body took its own time. In fact, the process had many phases. In each...
My title is something funny nah? Yup title inspired from a recent thriller book I read by Paula Hawkins 😉.My train gang is my first blog content. This is the first thing which came to my mind when I thought of writing a blog. "For your kind attention passengers, the train number 40514 from chengalpattu, to chennai beach is ready to leave from platform no-2 at six hours fifty five minutes" Well my day starts with this announcement actually! My gang is not too big or small. Its just 11 of us and some of our siblings. We met in the 6.55 emu train. Not everyone was new, some of them were my schoolmates, childhood friend's schoolmates, friend's department friends and tution Friend's friends and it went on like that. It's going a bit vague nah? If someone asks me,"...
I welcomed him, when I was two! With much eager and anticipation, I got A new lively toy to play with He who pronounced my name first! He who followed everything I did! We grew up exploring everything together! We grew up sharing toys, Sharing food and sharing jokes, Even deepest secrets and dreadful gossips! We grew up in each other's shadow And all of a sudden, one day He grew up taller than me! Spoke a litter wiser than me. A bit fairer than me , made me jealous. Then he started growing apart from me. Now I stand alone and lonely, Unable to accept the bitter fact That , "he's not my little toy anymore". With love, Ms. Affable ❤
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