Why is it
That I look in the mirror and want to change
Everything about myself
Is it just me?
Or is it society’s constructs that make me feel inadequate
Why are we taught that we should be so thin that so many girls starve to death
Why should we strive for a body that is simply unrealistic

Think for a minute
Wonder why so many girls have hauntingly low self esteem
Why everyone it there keeps trying diets and waist trainers and just plain starving
Why
Is skinny the end goal
Why
Do we see rib cages as beautiful instead of a sign
That something’s not right
Because something isn’t right
And we need to fix it
Before more people are cost