I remember the laughs,
the points, the taunts.
Like in freshmen year
during vocab,
yeah, Allie and Bovine,
Yeah, it meant the same thing.
Last month,
the doc, yeah,
he told me whats what.
29.9 on the body Mass Index,
officially obese
clinically obese
fat.
The word I never took serious
that I never thought was true
when it came to me.
Now I think about all the things
that everyone has ever said.
and then the questions came...
Will I get kicked of the Track team?
Will the man I love treat me different?
Will he see what everyone else sees?
How do I stop this?
Can this path be deviated from?
tears of pain,
amongst sorrow
flowing onto my pillow
I hold late at night.
Suddenly a visage
clouded my mind,
I saw all my teammates,
my fiancee, my family,
the unborn child my sister carries,
of all my hopes and dreams...
And power came from within,
by the thought of those who love me
and those who mean so much to me
and I know, yes, I truly know,
that they believe in me,
and that I should believe in myself.
Belief in oneself gives power
to even the most weak.
So I'll keep running,
and watching what I eat,
and slowly, I shall learn
to survive and live.
Yes, I will live.
Author notes
I hope this is what you want, in your contest.
Lets just say, it is personal.
A contest entry
- Killing yourself slowly...... Prompt inspired. by daviscth.
400 points, ended January 23, 2008, 8 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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YEAH
you go girl.
and good luck. lol. I decided tah check out ur poetry when I saw ya gettin flamed on that hitler poem. and yeah, you're a good poet.
dunno why i can say that, but if you say it you're high handed.
but anyway......I don't have anything specific for this poem, I'm afraid. but it's good.
rather I've a ton to say. but this is a personal poem, i can tell, and i'm tired of tearing people apart for the sake of a good poem =/ -
This is a wonderful poem filled with hope and inspiration. I know you have brightened up someones day when they read this. Thanks so much and it's exactly what this contest needed.
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