'Beauty' Kills the Girl

It seems that today, young women are continually subjected to an unrealistic picture of what beauty is and how they should look. Are we asking girls to disappear with clothing sizes like double zero?

You're fat
You're ugly
You're face is wrong
You're skin, too pale
You're nose, too long

She knew herself this way

She looked into the portal
Searching for a reflection
An injection of perfection
A perception,
That she fell short in every way
Was all the murky waters would show
A ripple spread from a tear that broke its surface
As she fell inside the bowl

It was the subtle claw that snared her
Crying, here lies beauty emaciated
But here lies beauty assassinated
By the desire of a few sick boys

Live up to it

So she skips lunch and chokes out dinner
Waiting for zero to fit her
And love becomes a bed
But bed becomes a s**t
A toy he had his way with
And always the whisper
Disappear, Disappear
Stupid w***e
Disappear

If zero was nothing then what is zero doubled
A pair of jeans with makers untroubled
By a message they smuggled
In the girl white-knuckled
On the grip of a gun
Aimed at her identity
Loaded with insanity
Primed with vanity

Her finger is on a trigger she never knows she'll press
The portal's mess has dressed a life taker as a beauty maker
And faker it has never seemed
But good enough for Seventeen
And at fifteen all she cares about is there

Inside the portal

She ran after painted poles
Who never knew their roles in her life
Who never knew she could die
At their own skin-clad bone hands
At Hollywood's demands
That a girl be something she can't


She pulls the trigger

Author's Note

Any constructive criticism is welcomed.

Reviews

[melissaepike]

I absoultely love this! I love the tone, the story, the message- everything. Very well written, flows nicely... The message is fantastic.

[Caleb W.]

Thanks so much!