What Shame
By Savannah
All she ate today was a little bit of Jell-o
Just to look right for that one special fellow
You can see she’s happy, you know it for sure
She likes that her outfit is so couture
Yet she doesn’t realize just one thing:
She experiences jealousy, just a slight ping
She says to herself
“God…I’m so fat”
“I really hate my hair…I must wear this hat”
She’s beautiful on the inside, it really is true
She’s extremely pretty, she should have her own style crew
Yet she starves herself in this unholy way
Just so she can tell herself “You look pretty today”
She’s so slim…it really is a shame
And pressure to be thin—it takes the blame
She sees all the movie stars on the T.V.
And she just plain glows with envy
“Why is she like that? Why can’t I be like that?”
“Why am I just so God-damn fat?”
She doesn’t believe she has an eating disorder
When she sees the pretty actors on Law and Order
She thinks “Oh…God…change the channel”
But then it flips to an all-girl panel
“I hate myself…no dinner for me”
But why….why can’t she just see?
She’s not fat…she’s underweight, to say the truth
You’ll never see a morsel of food pass that tooth
2006-09-10
06:26:51
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