Give me those carefree days when I was younger
Small yet more than this skeletal mannequin
Slightly plump though bubbling over with life
Return that to me in exchange of these pressures
The pit of my being cries knowing it is false
Yet somehow they have me convinced that I should starve
Guilt wounds me with every morsel which touches my mouth
My sense is that no one could ever love me for myself
Those beautiful faces I continually see on the screen
Are attached to the thinest of frames I somehow envy
When did I fall victim to this foul group mind?
How can I return to the place I owned my own life?
Revulsion strikes my core as I feel I am trapped
Hating that I exist within this tormented path
Yet still believing the lie that I am much too fat
Author notes
media and weight
http://photos.modellaunch.com/newspics/01/c30037bb9d3f4ff490a.jpg
A contest entry
- Are we over run by the media?][For my AP favs][ by x-Black-Butterfly-x.
800 points, ended July 31, 2007, 11 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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The picture is chilling, to think that there are so many out there fighting daily just to be thin, thinner, and thinest. The world portrays beauty in skeletal mystique, screaming that anything more is just not worth the weight. Great write!!!
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this was amazing mark i think you have captured the mind of many teenage girls influenced by celbrities and there skinny frames. this was flowing with your thoughts and emotions and yet made the girl in the picture come alive and gave her a voice.
i loved the poem it was amazing and just flowed wonderfully.
well done and best of luck to you
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Line 6 - starve not strave
Wow! Marky has this soul, the side I have never eaten at. You penned this emotionally influenced yet kept to facts. Was interesting, somewhat informative and very reflective.
Love ya's
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Why thank you. I tries.
Love ya's too
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What an awesome write you have penned here. Isn't it just so sad that so many are influenced by the media messages that thin is the only way to be, and as someone else has said here, the victims are getting younger all the time. You have done a great job on the horror of this sickness and I wish you well in this contest
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the pic and poem goes great with each other. i love this it was really good. good luck in contest
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the photograph you have chosen is so perfect for the title and the words. i wish you well in this contest you have entered. viyanna rosemarie
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Great write about such a upsetting topic, at least it is to me. I have never been able to understand this disease that is clearly a major problem Great poetic take on the topic
Delila
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Amazing
This is truly amazing baby. I loved every sad gutwrenching word of this. I have felt like I am way too fat at times so i can understand how this girl feels. Well done baby and good luck in the contest.
Keep writing and I will keep reading,
Love Always
Your Girl
Countrybabe
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It's a sad reality, but many what you described represent too much of this country's teen girls.
Well penned, my friend.
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