Hear my body speak

My body, my image.

No, let's take it back, more like 

SOCIETY'S body,

Society's image.

But hold on .. I don't understand  

How did my body and self image, 
Then become characterized

By strangers we meet on the street

Or on baseball stands?

How is my body

My image..

JUDGED by people who will never know

If I've had enough to eat  

How does my body 

MY image 

Become an enticing topic

At health club retreats

Or vegan meet and greets.?

"My body is my IMAGE

my image is my BODY" 

So it's said 

But is that what gives you the right

To judge me every time

I walk into a hotel lobby?

Does my body define me or 

Who I could be or

Who I am yet to be?

Is my image what makes me so different from you

Or is it the fear of my body, 

Or image,

Not being SOCIETY'S norm what scares you?
Like I said my body my image 

How about THAT.

-by Matilda Rutendo Matangaidze-