Magazines and tabloids

by Nelle   Jul 24, 2006


In magazines and tabloids there is an image of girls
Skin and bones are how they portray us to be
I listen to them, and follow their advice
And as for me, not eating is my life

Everyone has you pictured like a certain image
You have to meet there capability in order to survive
Things like that is what fills my head
I will starve until i'm skinny or dead

The community where I live is full of politics and critiques
Strive for your best even if it takes weeks and weeks
You need to be thin for you to be the best
You need to keep the strength to not eat, and do not rest

I weighed myself this morning and I gained a pound
When I saw that number I fell straight to the ground
I couldn't breathe, I was in complete shock
I closed the door and turned the lock

The people I have known always said be your own
So for them that is what I will do, I will live how I want since I am grown
All the times I go to eat
I try to think of how this fight i must beat

I will keep going and going so I can be what i'm supposed to be
I will please the community,and me
It might hurt and it might take some time
But I will stand tall, and up this hill I will climb

(This doesn't rhyme and I know that, but this is practiclly my whole life, so I wanted to write about it)

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  • 17 years ago

    by Miss Pipp

    In some ways this poem doesn't make sense but it does send a very important message not to believe in what magazines and tabloids say. The first stanza says so much, it tells us how we are 'supposed' to be and your feelings about it. I can relate to this I'm already skinny naturally but I get upset when I put on weight even though I need to. Keep writing. =]

    Pip xxx

  • 17 years ago

    by loretta Taylor

    Very nice poem. ryming is not everything. Poetry is from the soul. I think you did well Loretta

  • 17 years ago

    by Samantha Hollywood

    Nelle --
    Hey love!! This was great, and technically, it does rhyme! It was a really great poem, I LOVED it! The flow was perfect, and so was the rhyming. It was great.

  • 17 years ago

    by Unforgiven Retniap doolb

    Once again so so emotional but the truth is skinny is not exactly pretty you have to say a big FU** YOU to the things that say you must be that way. I have this AMAZING diet I'm on right now that I learn from my a singer at my youth group it you want I'll give you some more info on it....ever since then I haven't looked at food the same.

  • 17 years ago

    by LadyPearl

    Great job, I hope you are eating now and worrying less about your weight.

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