man in the bathroom
why are you staring at me
i’m meant to be here

don't gain weight, they say
do you want to look like a pig?
but it's ugly if you're too skinny,
no ***** and no ***, what are you so proud of?

society's standards, everchanging and everflowing
from the desireableness of being just bone and skin to having ******* and an ***
our society that can't decide what it wants
our society that thinks it can control what is perfect

perhaps i shouldn't conform to society's standards after all

you keep trying
to get me to stop
"liking" you
little do you know
that this isn't like
it's unrequited love
and that's the kind that burns
the kind that leaves all the pain
and sorrow
and heartbreak
burning deep inside
leaving me crippled
and wondering why it is
that i'm not good enough