what is beauty?

there she is,

 skin and bones.

wanting to be someones idea of perfect.

they call her fat, they call her gross, but would they stop

if they knew her secret?

she excercises all the time and OD's on weightloss pills,

she makes herself vomit up her supper so she wont gain a pound.

the world is such a cruel and cold place

and this is her drug. 

would kill for that body in the magazine,

the one she looks at everyday.

her thinspiration dose not change,

 she wants to be her.

the one with the perfect hair that flows down to her shoulders.

the one with the perfect photoshopped belly,

 one that dosent stick out.

the one with the amazing eyes and lips to go on top of the body.

 the reson shes never enough..

beacuse she dosent look that way...

she does not know shes beautiful because everyones words have hurt her.

they've change her thoughts about herself

 and now she thinks shes worthless.

Reviews

[Jules Carson]

I never quite understood why women have such a negative view of themselves, I still don't but it does give an incite. This isn't my sort of poem, but other than that it was good.

[Grace Mohn]

thank you :)

[MMathieu]

This is a very strange theme for me. I struggle to read the next line, as this women seems to be wasting her life in a made-up dreamworld. I think this is very effective though, as it brings a very strong desire to admonish her self-destructive waste of a life. As my mother always said, the carnival doesn't last long, so get all the enjoyment you can out of life. The ride will be over faster than you think.

[Grace Mohn]

wow your mother has good insight ahaha thank you for reading and giving feedback. i appreciate it

[Stabitha]

Yeah, this is original, incisively-constructed and raises the crucial issue of feminine negative body image, a major curse of our times. Well done!

[Grace Mohn]

thank you for your comment :) i love feed back

[The Watcher]

This is really sad and emotional, but well written too. I can feel the pain and intensity behind the words, and it's very deep. Even though this has a lot of sadness, it's a wonderful poem and you have great poetry skills Grace. Kudos to you.

100/100

[Grace Mohn]

thank you very much :) i appreciate it

[The Watcher]

You're very welcome =)