oh if only you knew
i would give anything
anything to be
anything other than me
freckled knees
freckled shoulders
freckled arms
"why are you so pale?
you look like you're dead
have you tried getting a tan?"
the irony stings my burned shoulders,
yes i have tried.
yellowed bruises remain on my thighs,
the thighs that got me called fat
in the seventh grade
"have you ever noticed
she's kinda fat? i mean
her thighs are so big,
they're like thunder thighs"
and from that statement a nickname was coined
that caused me to desperately,
desperately,
need to be skinnier
and i'll never be enough
"darling, are you okay?
please take this
go home and eat a big dinner
the wind is going to blow you away!"
i don't think i can ever win
May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014 at 12:15 AM UTC
oh if only you knew
i would give anything
anything to be
anything other than me
freckled knees
freckled shoulders
freckled arms
"why are you so pale?
you look like you're dead
have you tried getting a tan?"
the irony stings my burned shoulders,
yes i have tried.
yellowed bruises remain on my thighs,
the thighs that got me called fat
in the seventh grade
"have you ever noticed
she's kinda fat? i mean
her thighs are so big,
they're like thunder thighs"
and from that statement a nickname was coined
that caused me to desperately,
desperately,
need to be skinnier
and i'll never be enough
"darling, are you okay?
please take this
go home and eat a big dinner
the wind is going to blow you away!"
i don't think i can ever win
