Reflected on Film
The memories flooded back
As I looked through the photo album
Reflected on film
All the taunting and teasing that my former self received
Fat jokes that would follow me down school halls
"Who are you gonna eat next Lardy Lucy?"
I had memorized the number of tiles I needed to walk from class to class
I tried to blend in, be unseen
Hiding behind tangled brown hair
And thick rimmed glasses
But that never stopped them
A constant echo in my ears of their tormenting voices
"Watch out for Lardzilla"
The shame put on me at school
Followed me home at three
In my solitary room
Sat a single covered mirror
I hadn't been able to face my reflection for weeks
Whenever I attempted
All I could see was the cannibalistic monster everyone believed to be true
Until it was true
I flip to the back of the album
Fast forwarding ten months
A beauty has taken the beast's place
A sliver compared to the person before
Protruding ribs shown beneath her shirt
Cascading blonde hair falls on her shoulders
No glasses sit upon the perfectly shaped nose
Pure radiance shines, dimming the group of friends around her
It doesn't matter that this beauty came with a price
Because the pain that sat in the pit of her stomach
Is now puked up with the rest