The Unattainable Beauty

 

What once was

Beauty

Joy

Elegance

Is now something

Much

Much

Less.

Or is it

Really?

Idealistic children

Go to watch

Then to learn

Thinking

They’ll be

The next

Big

Thing.

An idealistic dream

Turned into

A reality-checked

Nightmare.

They installed in me

Clinks

Bumps

Pops

Snaps

Grinds

Permanently there

Forever

Like a virus

In a vulnerable

Computer

Surfing the

Unexplored

Beauty.

Unrealistic expectations

Of a poor

Girl’s

Body

Scream louder

Than the soft

Piano

Humming gently

Trying

Desperately

To spare the girl’s

Feelings

Of

Despair.

Play a catchy tune

To wipe the tears

She feels

Rolling down

The cheeks they

Say

Are too

Round.

The unattainable beauty

Is all she can

Think of

As she

Looks disgustingly

At her

Curves.

Up

Higher

Work

Harder

Smile

Smile

SMILE!

Or at least

Loose

That

Pound.