Poetry

Reflection

Posted on 30 March 2012
Image by Duane Michals from here

She looked into the mirror
And all that she could see
A woman looking a lot like her
Yet, unlike the reality

A nose too sharp and too long
Eyes too far apart and all wrong
Lips on her face far too thin
And not a distinguished enough chin
Teeth in the mouth far too crooked
Rolls of fat when seen naked
Blemishes on skin no one else can see
Pudgy arms and knobby knees
Breasts not big enough for her
Sadly though, a much bigger derrière
This she saw in the mirror each day
No amount of surgery made it go away
To the world she used to be quite pretty
Until she caved and had plastic surgery
Suffice to say she now looks freaky
As artificial and plastic as can be
Despite getting whatever she’d yearned
She remains unhappy and with her appearance concerned

If only she’d known that
What the world previously saw
Was a healthy young girl
With no obvious flaw


***This has been written for Magpie Tales 110***

Until next time,

Cheers!!!

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  • indu chhibber
    31 March 2012 at 9:01 am

    It is a pity,no amount of pacification helps when someone has a complex about himself/herself.

    • Psych Babbler™
      1 April 2012 at 12:14 am

      It is quite sad Indu…who knows how many of the celebs we see getting plastic surgery a zillion times actually suffer from BDD. It’s a never ending saga in this day and age…

  • Helen
    31 March 2012 at 4:51 pm

    … and so it goes. On and on for way too many. Nice writing.

    • Psych Babbler™
      1 April 2012 at 12:15 am

      I agree Helen! It’s never ending these days! Thanks for the comment and welcome to my space!

  • Bikramjit
    1 April 2012 at 2:07 pm

    hmmm beautifulk poem .. I dont know why we cant be happy with the way we look ..

    Bikram’s

    • Psych Babbler™
      11 April 2012 at 2:00 am

      Thanks Bikram…and sadly some people develop mental health problems realated to body image issues

  • kannaji e
    1 April 2012 at 5:06 pm

    wow

  • Leo Paw
    2 April 2012 at 3:23 am

    Nice lines and in reality, things are really complex and the person involed suffers a lot.

    • Psych Babbler™
      11 April 2012 at 2:02 am

      Welcome here Leo! Thanks and yes, I agree the reality of illnesses such as BDD are a whole lot worse! The internal suffering and unhappiness is not even remotely described here…

  • Dibya
    2 April 2012 at 7:39 am

    Splendid and admirable. Nice Work. 🙂

  • onelastwhisper
    2 April 2012 at 8:57 am

    Really well put!

    • Psych Babbler™
      11 April 2012 at 2:04 am

      Welcome here Onelastwhisper! Thanks 🙂

  • - N -
    4 April 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Well written!

    • Psych Babbler™
      11 April 2012 at 2:04 am

      Welcome here N! And thanks for the comment 🙂