POEM STARTER
Write a poem about a physical journey that you have been on.
Explore the tangible aspects of a journey you have been on, and how these physical characteristics may have impacted mental and spiritual aspects of the journey too.
smaller than small
checking my weight
still underweight
but i have to be less
frowning at the scale
glaring at the mirror
but no matter, i’m still a mess
why do i wish for a flatter stomach
when all i do is overeat
how come i beg to just finally look pretty
when those are standards i’ll never meet
under 100
just checked today
but my ‘friends’ all claim they are less
their hourglass shape
compared to my awkward figure
but now i know for sure i’m a mess
i wish i looked better without all this hardship
because i know my ‘friends’ barely try
i cry in my bedroom my head in my knees
because theyre perfect and so i ask
why can’t i?
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