the "perfect image"

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its about how they world has this "image" of beauty. they say "you have to be skinny and beautiful, and flawless." and that if you are fat, too short, too tall, your hair isnt perfect. that you are lower class. and its terrible. They are the reason so many people have eating disorders, because they dont feel that they are pretty enough.

the "perfect image"

Drowning, Fading, and Wanting out.
Stuck in this sea of never ending doubt.
Am I good enough for this or that?
Whats it mean to be skinny or fat?
This question is running through my head.
Perhaps Im stuck in this lasting dread.
How would you feel if I were more like her?
would I be more beautiful, more pretty, or more absurd?

They cast this never ending shadow,
That I cannot fill.
Do they know that its me they kill?
Im gone now.
But this is what they want.
They gave me this illness,
but, ask me to flaunt.
They're starting this demise.
Everyone sees it with their eyes.

Yet, they don't offer help.
For they are stuck too.
And they're never getting out.
We're forever stuck in this doubt.
Drowning, fading, and wanting out.

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sherry122 commented on the "perfect image"

03-25-2010

I like this one, I like poems that have a message in it, no one is perfect, and everyone has his/her own view of point in life. Keep up the good work!

Sektion8 commented on the "perfect image"

03-06-2010

That is amazing :D and so true unfortunately, the media has a deathgrip on the world

Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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