How much longer can I bear

Of looking in the mirror

The full-length one that

Reveals all my deepest secrets

How much longer can I bear

The weight of imperfection

The punishment of seeing

My own reflection

How much longer can I bear

To see my thigh gap barely there

And huge lumps of fat

Stuck to me like super-glue

How much longer can I wait

To hear all the compliments and gossip

To be part of the group

To be popular and thin

How much longer can I stand

To count the calories

And weigh myself

Knowing that my goal 

Is so far away