Think Happy Thoughts And We'Ll Fly Home Poem by CherylAnn Helena Goh

This is for the little girl who secretly puts on Mama's makeup
Because she wants to do everything she can to look like
The most beautiful woman in the world
This is for the same 15 year old little girl who refuses to wear
Charles and Keith shoes
Because she wants to do everything she can
To distance herself from the same woman she tried so hard to be
This is for the young gentlemen who open doors for others
Only to have the door slammed back in their faces
This is for the student who sits in the study and
Daydreams
Because they think that no amount of studying
Can ever make them smart
This is for the girl who runs 8km a day and then pushes herself
To run more
Because she thinks that 84 pounds is still one too many
This is for the father
Who does his best to raise a daughter but somehow fails
Because he choses not to see her pain
This is for the poet who writes in third person
Because they're too afraid that if they use the word 'I'
They're laying their soul out for the world to ignore
This is for the person who doesn't believe in love anymore
Because they were told that their love is unnatural
This is for the teenager who wants to kill themself everyday
Not because they want to die
But because they want to know if anyone cares enough
To stop them
This poem is for anyone who was told that they were
This poem is for anyone who has been treated like they were
This poem is for anyone who has felt like they were
This poem is for anyone who has told themselves that they were
Anything less than
Perfect and beautiful
I dare you
I dare you to look in the mirror and tell that person in there
That they are worth more than they ever thought
Tell them that they were
That they are
That they always have been
Beautiful
And if you still don't think so
Come to me and tell me
In my face
That this poem didn't make you feel
Worthy
Then don't bullshit me anymore and tell me
That I am inspirational or
That I am talented or
That I am beautiful
If I can face my demons and wear my battle scars with pride
So can you
Because
While this poem may be about you
I wrote it for me

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