If I Were Her (poems)

~15~

"My stomach yells at me. It begs me for food but I tell it no. If I want to be like her then I have to be her size. I have to become smaller in order for you to like me. If my waist gets smaller then maybe you'll like me. If I wear makeup and straighten my hair, maybe you'll like me. Maybe if I dress up every day I plan to see you, maybe, just maybe, you'll like me. If I starve myself, am I as pretty as she is?"