The subject I chose for my poem was self-image and society’s connection to that. I have a friend who used to be very insecure about her body. She was beautiful through my eyes, but she believe she wasn’t attractive because of her size and race. She believed this because of the traditional and media’s definition of beautiful; skinny, blemish free, “plucked to perfection”, etc. Through all of this, she forgot that only her opinion should have value to her and that no matter what she is beautiful inside out. Eventually she realized this and now she is very happy with her and the way she is. I feel that the whole concept of believing you are beautiful no matter what society implies to be “pretty” is very important for every female, even male to understand. I was very inspired by my friend’s story and when I was struggling to decide a topic for my poem, this was theme that I kept thinking of.