Who ARE you?

Who are you?
Alyssa.
5'4''
blue eyes.
blonde hair.
curvy.
busty.
female.

You put careful thought into your daily appearance, sculpting your hair with shaky hands, plastering make-up on your face to finally feel beautiful.
You rummage through your closet, stacking outfits together like stage costumes, each one landing on the floor after you decide it doesn't flatter your body.

You check the mirror again and again and again, wishing your skin would glow like the magazines and your hair would flow like a shampoo commercial.

You run to grab your diet of the morning, before leaving for the day.

You spend your day at work, trying to measure up to a man's success, throwing out your ideas even though you are a woman.

Who ARE you?

You are not your name,

or a height,

or a weight,

or a gender.

You are not where you're from,
or what you do.

You are not color or a "type".

You are not your body.

You are your favorite books,
and the songs that get stuck in your head.

You are your thoughts and your dreams.

You are your favorite Saturday cartoon.

You are what you write, what you believe.

You are your favorite foods,
and your go to ice cream flavor.

You are the accessories you buy in excess.

You are the hobbies that fill your nights.

You are the love written in someone else's heart.

You are the tears after a sad song.

You are the words of wisdom when someone else falls.

You are the woman in someone else's dream

You are YOU.

Skin and bones, 

body and mind,

heart and soul.

You are a thousand things,
even when the world chooses to see everything you are not.

You're unapologetically you.