I remember being teased relentlessly throughout my childhood and my teenage life where people would say that because of my skin Iâll never be beautiful enough, they would even recommend skin bleaching products. So as a child I quickly realised that as a dark skinned girl I was not considered beautiful enough⌠At that time I didnât know that it was the negativity from the people around me that was causing me to hate my skin and myself for that matter. I remember a time during school photos where a girl shouted âsheâs too dark! You wonât see anything on her ID but her teeth!â, of course everyone laughed it out⌠And so did IâŚ. Because I didnât want to make it seem like I was offended⌠Their feelings felt more important than mine⌠After all growing up I was always reminded of how unlikely I was of ever being beautiful or finding someone that found my darkness beautifulâŚ..
As a 19 year old today I sit here and say âI never gave in to skin bleachingâ, âI was constantly reminded of how ugly I was but that only made me love myself even moreâŚ.. I began considering myself as someone different, someone beautiful and out of the ordinary.â
Your skin no matter how dark it is that when you smile you can only see the glow of your teeth is worthy of love, your skin is that of a goddess and you should never feel anything about your skin but self love. I write this to all of the people that have gone through similar and worse, you donât need to learn to Love your skin, the love is already there⌠You just gotta unleash it.
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