Like wind you arrive
Blow warmth into frozen hearts
Like wind you vanish

There is the red in her eyes
Her passion as she sprinted for the gold
There is blue in his fingers
His soul when he played sheets of old

There is yellow in her smile
How she can even brighten the sun
There is green in their voice
As they harmonize many as one

There is brown in his feet
Stable roots for his family's needs
There is gray in her mind
What revolutionary invention will she find?

The world is so colorful
With people who make it so bright
But when I try to search for my own color
I find nothing, nothing at all
And I simply fade to white.

"God you look horrid
Do something about your weight"

I find it kind of funny
How you can hurl the exact same insult

Before and after I shed 100 pounds

All it takes is just one bite
And everything falls apart
One moment of weakness
And I'm back to the start

The guilt, the shame
Overwhelming me every night
The gazing eyes relentless
Never letting me out of their sight

The hard work
All down the drain
Once I divulge
I'll never be the same

The pig, the glutton
The big fat shut-in
I worked so hard to get here
Only to be reduced to nothing

The haunting memories
The sleepless nights
Years of torment to start
With just one bite

And I bite...

I like it when people ask what my secret is
How I managed to lose so much weight
How I turned my life around
How I became what I am today

So here's what I tell them:

Count your calories
Avoid starch
Eat more proteins
But don't eat too much

Exercise daily
Drink lots of water
Eat healthy food
You'll get thinner

Have a goal
Work towards it
Never slack off
You'll get fit

No matter how they discourage you
Don't believe it
Believe  in yourself
You can do it!

With a smile, I give them hope
The perfect weight loss plan to help them cope
But there's one burden I have to bear
That's the secret I can never share:


Follow through that plan is what I wished I had done
But I just end up puking in the toilet after every meal