After the Love (poem)

I miss you now, I miss the times we had
The way its not the same it makes me sad
I miss the way said my name
And the times you healed my pain
I miss not having someone as special as you
To see me on days with tough times, to help me through
I miss the glimmer in your eyes
The shine that helped me go on
The sparkle that made me stay strong
Now though, I no longer miss you as much
I no longer miss your touch
I loved you then, I love you still, always have, always will, but now I can move on from missing you.
You hurt me once, never again
For the sake of you and me, I hope we can still stay friends.
~Megan Antoinette

Wishing on all the same stars (poem)

Every night, I wish upon one hundred stars in hopes that one day, we will be united.
You know I love you, I was never any good at hiding it.
But the day you found out, I couldn’t show it.
You knew, and there was no way back out, I just wish it were me.
That told you that I wished you and I were a we.
Alas, it was a friend, a good ,good friend.
Good intentions were formed to unite us, and never meant to break us apart.
I loved you then, I love you now, and forever more.
No matter what happens between the two of us, I need you here with me.
I will never just let us be.
We will stay strong through the tough times to make it to the best.
Every night, I still wish upon the same hundred stars, that even though we are now together, that you will be finally comprehend the amount that I love you.
I need you here with me, forever and always, we shall be united.
The stars I used to wish upon have grown tired of me as this is two years in the making, so I will need to resort to new stars, although, I am lucky that there is a million stars; one for every reason I love you, so I will never run out   ♥

~Megan Antoinette

BeautyIndustryPressure

This is a rhetorical question, but why is everybody putting so much pressure on girls to look beautiful and flawless these days? Its hard enough to be a girl anyways, why make it harder? All you end up with is depressed, suicidal, and eating disorder ridden females. It is horrible, and you may assume that it only affects certain people, but it really doesn’t. It affects all races, ages, from little girls to old ladies, it is so sad. We see this pressure working everyday. On the computer, on the television, on busses, in our real life, we are told that to succeed in this world, we have to look magnificent, and that we have to be beautiful, thin, have nice hair, nice teeth, ect. I am not going to say that looks don’t matter, but there are things that matter more, such as personality, heart, caring. If you look at all those things, don’t you think that outer beauty kinda pales in comparison? It does in my mind, and should in yours. I mean, look at your life, look at yourself. Hasn’t the beauty industry gone way to far to make us girls feel uncomfortable in our own skin just to get us to cave in and use all their unnecessary products. Think about the ads you see throughout the day. Look at those products, all making us think we need them, making us feel to big getting us to buy diet pills that hurt our health, make us buy all these concealers and foundations to cover what we really look like. All we are doing is putting on a mask. Would you rather feel totally comfortable in your own skin and spend five minutes in front of the mirror, or feel vulnerable and uneasy, and rely on pounds of makeup to make you feel confident? Personally, I choose the first. Which also takes some adjustments, as people are not always kind about it, but a little makeup is all you really need. Why cover your natural beauty to look plastic? The beauty industry tries its hardest to make us feel bad to buy their products, leaving us empty-handed, and hating our appearance. Conning innocent and naturally beautiful people into buying diet pills that harm our health, and makeup that will make our skin worse, all that beauty does is hurt. Why sacrifice all that, if we don’t have to? Just to be beautiful, right? Why? What’s the point. We only live once, why not just have fun. It saddens me to know that there are people out there that succumb to the pressure, because they have such low self esteem. Just give yourself a break, YOU ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL!!
~Megan Antoinette