I wish that I was Paris, Rihanna or Britney, Then people wouldn't pass me by, They'd stop to look at me.
If only I was pretty, then I truly would be free, And wouldn't only feel some love, When it got took from me.
I made myself be sick today, And all those bad thoughts went away, No longer did I feel so fat, It wasn't nice to feel like that.
So why is it, I still can't be, Like the girls in books and on TV, If I lost just a few more pounds, My life would have more ups than downs.
But now I cannot see so good, My body has betrayed, A life I just wanted to live, But sadly threw away.
ŠA Thomas Hawkins 2010 http://poetryinprogress.com
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