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Dying to be Pretty

Dear someone,
is anyone there?
I can't stand these
four walls anymore.

I tried to climb out
but I was too weak.
I can't escape myself.
I've been hiding too long.

I'm trapped by the mirror.
I see in sizes and numbers.
Food is the enemy
and  my fingers are saviors.

I study her body.
Her bones lightly covered
in creamy porcelin.
I would die to look like her.

Dear someone,
why do I have to choose
between healthy and skinny?
Between normal and happy?
I just want to be pretty.








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  • Lsh-x
    September 27, 2008
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    Wow..this blew me away!

    Fantastic piece of writing.

    Cherish it <3


  • HisOneTrueLove6107
    August 24, 2008

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    Amazing,

    It depresses me that so many girls are dying to be thin and pretty like all of the "superstars" out there. The image society has left on girls just sickens me. Now, I'm not thin, but I'm not obese. I guess being in the shadows my whole life has given me the strength to block out the media's image of a paper thin model or more commonly known: Barbie. I just hope we get to change that image. Anyways, wonderful job on the poem.

    HOTL


  • HaleyMary
    August 24, 2008

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    Powerful write. I have been through this. For awhile I would only see my self worth as how I looked and it wasn't until I came to this site and educated myself through science and philosophy and poetry that I learned to love myself. Society is so obsessed with appearances in this day in age that it makes me sick. I was anorexic back in 2005 for awhile and it's not something I'm proud of. I just cut my calories and almost let myself waste away. (No pun intended). It's a terrible thing to go through and I only hope that others who go through an eating disorder can learn to fight it like I did. Thanks for sharing and keep that pen flowing.

    p.s. stay healthy.


  • Lexie
    August 24, 2008

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    been through this before. instead of fingers though, gagging myself, i just didn't eat. wieght is such a major issue in today's world. we are so obsessed with beauty, we make ourself ill to be thin. it is hrrible.

    I study her body.
    Her bones lightly covered
    in creamy porcelin.
    I would die to look like her.

    and the sad thing about that line, many do put their life in trouble trying to look like her.