I remember being teased relentlessly throughout my childhood and my teenage life where people would say that because of my skin Iāll 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 enoughā¦ At that time I didnāt 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 āsheās too dark! You wonāt see anything on her ID but her teeth!ā, of course everyone laughed it outā¦ And so did Iā¦. Because I didnāt want to make it seem like I was offendedā¦ Their feelings felt more important than mineā¦ After all growing up I was always reminded of how unlikely I was of ever being beautiful or finding someone that found my darkness beautifulā¦..
As a 19 year old today I sit here and say āI never gave in to skin bleachingā, āI was constantly reminded of how ugly I was but that only made me love myself even moreā¦.. I began considering myself as someone different, someone beautiful and out of the ordinary.ā
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 donāt need to learn to Love your skin, the love is already thereā¦ You just gotta unleash it.
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