AnaMia - Skylar Dannan

I am a rising sophomore from Cazenovia, New York with an intended biochemistry major. I love all things artsy, especially drawing, music, and poetry! I’m in Pitch Please Acapella here on campus, and lift weights almost daily in my free time. I love writing and thinking romantically and taking inspiration from nature. Something that greatly inspires me to write is my belief that finding beauty in everything and romanticizing life is one of the best ways to stay motivated and stable in our complicated and difficult world. 

***

Baby girl, 

You are not an abomination. 

You are crafted, 

Carefully sculpted by the earth 

And all that makes her up. 

By her silver screaming snowstorms 

That gently pour into your eyes, 

Her rolling forest hills 

That artfully shape your hips and thighs 

Baby girl, 

You are perfect. 

Who put upon you all this shame? 

Who put upon you all this rage 

Who made you shudder at your name? Who made you shudder at

that number? 

That worthless number that reduces 

You to a point upon a chart, 

That stupid point that lands atop your skin And sinks into your heart 

That sinks deeper than you planned 

Sweet girl… What have you done? 

Convinced that taking parts away 

Will mean that you have won