love begins accepting who you are

I am from the southwest door of Cali.  From the most visited border from the neighbor country. From a small city covered with bright lights at night.  I am from Tijuana, a nice destination to have some fun.  I am from where I spent my infancy and puberty.  From where I formed my attitude and personality.  I am fearless  Life has taught me not to be afraid of changes.   I am  opportunistic I left my homeland to move to San Diego for a better life. I am confidence I truly believe in myself and dare to achieve my dreams.  I am continually changing because life is a process. Analysis Writing this poem was kind of hard for me because I have no creativity, so of course, I read the mentor's poem a couple of times to get an idea of how to organize mine. After reading Lyon's poem, I decided to follow her poem's structure. I noticed that in every stanza she describes something from where she is from. I wanted to ex...

 Self-acceptance is tough to achieve because of what social media is constantly exposing. The ideal model social media shows is a curvy but skinny woman who is mostly full of plastic surgeries. Me as a woman, I felt the pressure that I will never be that beautiful unless I put myself under risky diets or surgeries, however, one day I decided to change, so I went to therapy.  I attended to the psychologist for a certain period of time. It took me about two long years to assimilate that beauty comes in different sizes, different heights, skin tones, and nationalities. I began my journey of acceptance by taking care of my mental health, later I started to exercise and lastly, I adopted a proper diet. In one year I achieved to lose 26 pounds and gained thousands of self-confidence. This picture shows at its fullest how happy I am now.