Don'T Be Put Down Poem by louis rams

Some say I’m over weight- while some say I’m fat.
I say I’m big boned - my doctor told me that.
What does weight matter? - does it mean I can’t love?
I was made this way - by GOD up above.

My brother is tall and thin- they say he’s bones and skin.
Why does weight matter?
Can any of us ever win!

They say when we walk down the street
We look like ABBOTT and COSTELLO
He looks like a bamboo stick
While I look like a cello.

We’ve learned how to accept the jeers
And to control our rages and emotions
For “IN GOD” we put our devotion.

Love lives in any size bodies!
Big or small, short or tall
GOD has given love to all.

Why do people love to criticize and find
Fault with every one, when they themselves
Have faults, which can not be undone.

When I was growing up, there was a saying
For both fat and thin, and no matter
which way you put it
Both sides would always win.

They would say: the closer the meat to the bone the sweeter it is
And: the more the meat, the better the treat.

So to all you criticizers! We will not be put down.
For you are the one
who walks with the heavy crown.