Skinny Or Sweet?

Skinny or sweet, skinny or sweet?
Which is superior?
Skinny or eat?

At a young age we’re told, “Sit pretty and follow”
We are all discouraged to eat, drink, swallow.

Look at the magazine, look at the screen
In our daily lives, what do we see?

We see women and girls with long blonde curls
And waists the size of pick-up sticks.
We see beautiful complexions and strictly perfections
With plastics and fillers and overdrawn lips.

How are we to compare with external perfections?
We look at our bodies as something to shrink, starve and perform dissections.
And we look up to those who value appearance
Why not to those who work hard, share and value perseverance?