Polaroids Lost in Time

A Greeting

The morning comes and she's finally here. She's back home, visiting for a few weeks. You see her walking, passing
through the automatic airport doors.

You look at her, you frown.
She comes nearer and now she's right in front of you.

"You've grown fatter", you say jokingly and you didn't mean it to be offensive.

But that's not how she's heard it.

"You've grown fatter" to her sounds like, "You're ugly, unwanted, and a hundred pounds bigger."

And worst, of all, you didn't even say "hi", or "hey" or a simple "hello".

No. What you said has brought her down to a place called Insecurity, supported by walls of Anxiety and Depression. You've brought her down. Down to 6 feet underground because a few a months later, she'll realize that she's not EVER going to be good enough for you or for society as she ties a noose around her neck and kicks away the chair.

So instead of saying what she already knows, let her be beautiful and happy and comfortable with the body that she already hates.