Do I look beautiful now? | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Do I look beautiful now?

Do I look beautiful now?

July 14, 2013
By PoetryGuru BRONZE, Ottawa, Other
More by this author
PoetryGuru BRONZE, Ottawa, Other
1 article 0 photos 3 comments
View profile

Sharp creases highlight my bones
countable from a distance away
My voices cracks through the phone
a quivery note to say
Vile pasty aftertaste
swims in my mouth
My hair strips to waste
like the fires in the south.
Colorful meaningful tattoos
now red with hate
black with blues
scared about fate.
Beauty
This is what you made me
Beauty
Is what made me free

© Jena S., Cameron, WI

The author's comments:
This piece is to raise awareness of anorexia. I hope when people read this work they will get a better understanding of the affects eating disorders can have on someone.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Broken Glass
By Anonymous
Poetry
Secret Crush
By C.J.H. BRONZE
Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
C.J.H. BRONZE, Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes the world tries ot knock it out of you. But I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales." August Rush(2007)

View profile
Poetry
you see me
By XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER
Des Moines, Iowa
XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER, Des Moines, Iowa
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
to be or not to be that is the question

View profile
Poetry
You
By BreLee SILVER
Sula, Montana
BreLee SILVER, Sula, Montana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Monotonous Individual
By ImDumbStruck DIAMOND
Springfield, Virginia
ImDumbStruck DIAMOND, Springfield, Virginia
61 articles 0 photos 82 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If at first you don't succeed, destroy any evidence."

View profile
Poetry
"Story of a Mother"
By Suzie17 GOLD
West Monroe, Louisiana
Suzie17 GOLD, West Monroe, Louisiana
19 articles 0 photos 29 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.