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June 8, 2016
By maurtian GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
maurtian GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams"

-We Are the Music Makers, Arthur William Edgar O’Shaugnessy


Ouch-
she's been stung with the not drop-dead-gorgeous,
more like hopelessly
less-than-average looks.
She hates the sticky icky yellow adipose
and blackheads she's been given.
She starts to listen, the follow, then worship
the diet tips the others buzz about.
They say it's as sweet as honey to be thin.

She soon learns skinny is better than slim
and that's better than thin.
Because the skinniest ones are the queen bees,
the not-so-little lazy drones.
There's a reason there's only (size) one queen in the hive.

And she wants to be it-

the best, the worshipped.

She becomes like the bad,
who swarm home to their computers
to share their stats and review diets.
The inches around her waist start to come off like the bees take off pollen from flowers (making them prettier too).
Until all the good flowers in the garden have been plucked,
now there's nothing but bones left. 

There's a reason most bees don't even live a year long.
The remains are only some beeswax turned to candles
that only makes the relatives wonder why their little niece did this to herself.

These bees stand for the skinny b****es who look hatefully pretty in their profile pictures.
These bees stand for developing bulimia and binding calorie limits because you want to yuck inside you out as much as the yuck that you can pull on the outside off too. 
These bees stand for being hopelessly full of blah and bleak because you eternally bad-mouth your big, bulky body.

Watch out for bee stings. You might be allergic.


The author's comments:

Inspired by my own struggles with food. 


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maurtian GOLD said...
on Sep. 20 2016 at 12:02 pm
maurtian GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams"

-We Are the Music Makers, Arthur William Edgar O’Shaugnessy

Aw thank you :)

on Aug. 1 2016 at 10:38 pm
TheSkyOwesMeRain GOLD, Irvine, California
13 articles 1 photo 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life isn't measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments which take your breath away.

You are only as strong as your weakest link.

Beautifully written about an emotional and moving topic! :) I love the last line as a warning

maurtian GOLD said...
on Jun. 15 2016 at 3:37 pm
maurtian GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams"

-We Are the Music Makers, Arthur William Edgar O’Shaugnessy

Thank you so much

on Jun. 14 2016 at 3:43 am
Claranevs BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
3 articles 0 photos 9 comments
Beautiful. Thank you for writing this.