Perfection's Flaws
Location
Fat.
Ugly.
Whore.
Slut.
Let her hear it.
Tell her she was never pretty.
And those words before
Were all lies.
It’s so easy to say
She’s attractive
Without meaning it,
Just to get her to fall for you.
Take her self esteem and rise it
Only to shatter it
Afterwards.
She wants to look beautiful,
But nothing seems to work.
Food doesn’t taste as good
Because
Her face no sculpted enough,
Her figure not curvy enough,
Her grace not elegant enough.
She starves.
Let her conscience drop.
Finds a place
Where she can be told more lies.
That she’s drop dead gorgeous.
Her cheeks swallow in,
Bones stick out,
Skin fades yellow,
Nails shade a grisly purple.
Is that what you call beautiful?
She’s fading away,
Crying to meet expectations,
Wanting to conform.
Is that what you wanted?
A broken girl,
She screams yet
No one hears.
She’s shattering,
Breaking down into nothing,
Letting herself become consumed
In a fake world.
Is she perfect enough yet?
She falls to the ground,
Her body
Giving in,
Shuddering in at failure.
Is this
Stunning?
Strange,
I don’t find this dazzling
At all.
All I see is
A girl who tried too hard to look like something
That is impossible.
Something
That has never been done.
Perfection is impracticable
And so is this girl.
She was beautiful before,
But now…
She’s a broken mess.