r/OCPoetry•8 yr. ago

White Noise

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I woke up this morning and stepped on the scale,

“you’re fat!” he yelled at me,

Plunging my confidence down the toilet

[I hear mumbling in the background]

I went to the park for a run soon after,

“you’re too slow” said the trees,

There goes my self-esteem again

[that noise! Where is it coming from?]

Went to work a little later, I sit at my dusty desk

“you’re stuck with me forever” laughed the computer in front of me,

Digging me deeper into my woes

[the white noise still there, I choose to ignore it]

Back at home later that evening, my husband is talking to me

[baby you look beautiful],

Is what I think he said

But its hard to hear

When the mirror behind him is shouting in my ear

Telling me that I’m ugly.

Posted Oct 18, 2018, 8:13 PM UTC