"We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful... We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This is for the Girls

This is for the girls that stay up at night crying.

The ones that yearn for someone to love them.

This is for the girls that have never felt good enough.

The ones wanting to be anyone but themselves.

For the girls hiding themselves behind make up.

For the ones that have been lied to and abused.

The ones cutting themselves and wishing that they were gone because they think the world would be better off without them.

This is for the girls that have ended friendships because of a guy.

This is for the girls who lied to their mom for him.

Who told their dad they didn't know where that bruise came from.

For the girls that have dreams, but think they can’t accomplish them.

This is for the girls that pretend to be someone else just to fit in.

The ones that hide in the bathrooms in fear of getting beat up

For the girls that won’t eat because they’ve been called fat.

This for the girls that feel like they have to be mean to hide their own insecurities.

For the ones that have been heartbroken or accidental heart breakers, and think that they’ll never get another chance.

The ones that have been called a slut when it was just one time.

This is for the girls that feel misunderstood.

For the ones that are called a freak for being themselves.

The girls that are just trying to make it in life.

For the ones that have to laugh to keep from crying.

This is for the girls that never get invited anywhere on the weekends.

For the ones who feel like they need to get with all the guys to prove a point.

And finally, this is for the girls that feel useless.

The ones who feel like they are nothing and have more bad days than good.

The ones that hate themselves more and more each day.

For the girls that just need to be told that everything’s going to be ok.

THIS is for the girls- you are phenomenal, strong, stunning and beautiful and don't ever let anyone make you feel otherwise.