KEN

Boys are being told

how to look.

All lean and mean,

like G.I. Joe machines.

How to feel,

like good is bad.

What is real,

yet perfection is a state of mind..

There- there,

wipe those beads of sweat.

You are handsome,

you are strong,

you need to know,

that Ken is wrong!

You are special,

unique.

Don’t let anyone-

critic-

your physique.

You might be skinny,

you might be fat,

heck! You might like

to wear rags,

Just don’t let anyone

change your mind.

For you are,

as you are meant to be.