the societal mirror

Looking in the mirror,  The mirror of society-  Pressure points of perfection,  Acupuncturing my soul.  Plastic surgery to my being,  Not the way society perceives me.  Natural build of slender,  Natural grace of spiral curls-  To my shoulders.  I can look unto the mirror and wish these things,  To be banished from me.  Let me be a carbon copy,  A slave to the waves of trends-  Society places unto my feet;  In the mirror of society.  Instead of self-acceptance,  I can crave…  I can wish…  Different objects to be part of me.  Spend the dough,  To be a creative “sculpture”-  A model of medical discovery.  Forget natural anatomy,  And have plastic inserted upon my heart-  Where it can seep and soil my tarnished, superficial cravings.  Societal imagery,  The fake, unimaginable trash-  Many pray to be?  Society lies, with airbrushed Hollywood scripts-  Of fake realities we don’t need.  The beauty we hunger for-  Can’t be established by society,  It must blossom from within;  Be discovered through tribulations,  Starved ribs won’t excel your esteem-  It’ll tear you down and kill,  Softly and slowly, with insanity,  As the ribs and plastic become what you used to be.cheers to britney spears! Written February 28th, 2002 © on Jun 16 2002 04:03 AM PST   0 • 9