Beauty On Wheels

By Katie Rodriguez Banister

En guard mirror

I see you taunting me in my chair

So shiny and gleaming

The morning rise

I rub my eyes and peep into your flat form

OK

I’ve seen enough!

I want to start my day rolling

In empowering ways

If I sit before you too long

I might not leave the house

You reflect my soul’s suitcase

A wheeler who rides

Let’s pimp that ride

Your response? 

“Not so much”

There’s another blemish

A new wrinkle there

And what’s with all the chin hair?

Tweezers to the rescue

Ouch! Hey! That hurt!

Sake of beauty

Sake of beauty

 

Be kind to me glass

Reflecting what is before you

Truth

The truth

There are days

I cannot and will not

Handle the truth!

 

See……

Real beauty comes from the inside

Beauty’s form we cannot hide

I use to think beauty was skin deep

Facials and peels and a good night’s sleep

Ageing in my chair

Has taught me to think in different ways

No more riding the beauty craze

 

I turned off the TV

To see the real me

 

Now

I looked in the mirror and a great surprise

I decided, “I’m not buying the media’s lies”

My skins not perfect and my hair can be a mess

But I now look into my mirror and roll on with finesse

 

Katie Rodriguez Banister, pictured with her husband Steve, co-founded www.Access-4-All.com and is a speaker, author, and actor who enjoys sharing her perspective with the hope to help and empower others. Katie has been a woman on wheels since an auto accident in 1990, at the age of twenty-five, who believes you may not always be in control of what happens but you can control how you react to it.  It’s not easy, but knowledge is power and please note; Katie’s a work in progress.