Braless

Bras have imprisoned us too long.

Like some medieval form of torture

we strap on, day after day.

Who’s the prisoner?

What are we trying to hold in

and what exactly will escape?

Itching, binding,

straps digging, carving, forming caverns

into our shoulders

deforming our body

ruining our natural, beautiful shoulders.

We’ve all  been constricted long enough

and I, and they, want to be free.

Freedom for air, freedom for movement,

freedom from the iron maiden.

Sadly we comply

why?

because loose boobs

 and pointy nipples

aren’t socially acceptable

 why?

because you don’t want

to be uncomfortable

when you look at them.

So stop looking at them

         then.

I’m not a bra burning feminist

I’m just a woman

wishing to be comfortable.