A forgotten delicacy

I was once a doll,

For him,and for all.

Those who gazed at me from a distance,

Knew of what delicacy I was made.

They adored my features,

One by one.

As if it would take them years.

Greeting me on every occasion with a cheek-to-cheek air kiss,

Devoting considerable attention to my flaxen curls.

My mom would treasure me with utmost care

For the boy to hold my hand in the times to come.

My dad would accomplish all my lofty desires,

To make me a sky-high premium.

But,delicacy is not a fixed state.

Angst dictated deeply from the depths of body and mind,

Makes the intricate frailty of old age very prominent.

I am not old,

Yet,I am ageing.

I am not old,

Yet,the furrows of mind and brow are all over my frail existence.

The people who once adored me as a doll,

Are now running behind those spurious Japanese dolls in the market.

My delicacy has now become a general debility.

Elegant features have now become a sign of weakness,

Lassitude,muscle weakness,and weight loss.

Hair is still flaxen.

Yet,fails to capture their unyielding attention.

If being thin is a crime,

I would have never knowingly committed.

If they could just see the beauty in those tender features

Than searching for intricate layers and robust muscles.

Author's Note

thanks for reading:)

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This touches a sensitivity within me as someone I love suffered from anorexia and it was such a hard time in all of our lives. You write this in such a tender way and from the perspective of the person who now feels so separate from her 'admirers'. A poem full of angst and pathos.

[fattycbreezy52]

I can relate.I am not anorexic though.They call me "slim" and still love me,haha.But I always see in India(specially)that those who are slim and fit are always being asked "Dont you eat?" whereas those who are fat are hardly being asked (publicly)"How much do you actually consume?'".I don't like this mentality.If being fat is not a sin then being thin isn't either.People do not understand the internal troubles one might be going through.It's easy to comment on someone's eating habits.And I feel funny that these same people spend their money by taking admissions into those posh and costly gyms asking the trainers to make them slim and fit;D What an irony.Fools!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ha I am leaving for the gym in half an hour but it is not a posh one lol! IO do so agree though FCB.