"PRIDE AND EGO"

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"PRIDE AND EGO"

PRIDE AND EGO
{By Dori Wheeler 01sep09}

More then twenty years have gone
Obsessed with my weight
I was skin and bones all along

I hated and loved my mirror at the same time
A face so pretty, but fat is what I could see
A warped sense of self was my crime

If I ate once a day, that was too much
Whatever I put in, I would bring right back up
Anorexic and bulemic, I was out of touch

I thought I was so beautiful except for the weight
Primping in the mirror, every chance I got
But, I couldn't get past this false image right from the gate

Five more pounds is what I would say
But, when that was gone there was another five
In the mean time, I was just wasting away

I had very few female friends because I was "it"
I needed an entourage of boys at all times
With no self-esteem, I still thought I was the shit

Those boys fed my ego at every turn
Fishing for compliments is something  I did
Thinking I was so hot, if you touched me you would burn

Years gone by, no longer that girl
Not far from being fifty, a big concern
In front of that mirror, I still twirl

Now that I really am over weight
I still obsess, but I do not purge
I just throw on some make-up and out the gate

I call my make-up kitty litter because it covers the shit
People tell me I look ten years younger
I just wish I had some clothes that fit

Pride and ego have always been in the way
Of seeing my image clearly, it's convoluted
I think this is why I can't find a good man, even to this day!

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Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

DWriter’s Poems (65)

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TO LIVE THIS WAY 3
THORS HAMMER 2
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL 1
"THOR'S HAMMER" 0
"THE UPCOMING NIGHT" 2
"TODAY I HONOR YOU!" 0
"MY EARTH, MY MOTHER" 0
"NATURE'S OMENS" 0
"HE MADE IT FEEL LIKE HOME" 0
"WITHOUT ANY REGRETS" 0
"THAT KISS" 0
"DIRE STRAITS" 0
"YOU CAN'T STEAL TIME" 0
"PRIDE AND EGO" 0
"CONFUSED" 0
"A SHOVEL FULL" 0
"COMFORT AND JOY" 0
"IF I FALL" 0
'RAIN IS FOR COUPLES" 1
ALONE 0
TORN 1
TWISTED FATE 0
"HOW TO GET A RING" 0
"IF A TREE COULD TALK" 2
"THE DAILY RITUAL" 0
"DISAPPEAR" 0
"OUR SECRET SIGNAL" 0
"EARTH BOUND" 2
"ASTRAL PROJECTION" 0
"NOTHING LEFT TO FEND" 0
THE SILENT FLIER 0
"THE HEAT" 1
"DANCE OF SEDUCTION" 0
"I JUST ASSUMED" 0
"A DEATH IN THE FAMILY" 0
"MY MOTHER'S VOICE" 0
"PANDORA'S BOX" 0
"TIME" 1
"FOREVER ON HIS ARM" 1
POSTCARD FROM LOVE 0
"SHE LOVED RED ROSES" 2
"A THIEF IN THE NIGHT" 1
"ONE LAST CALL" 0
"MIND GAMES" 0
"MEMORY LANE" 3
"NIGHTMARES IN THE SANITARIUM" 1
"THE KEY TO HAPPINESS" 0
"FREEDOM" 3
"LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR" 2
"DON'T FEAR THE REAPER?" 0
"ONE DAY AT A TIME" 1
'DANCING CANDLES" 1
"SWAN'S GRACE" 2
"TRAPPED" 0
"THE INVISABLE BRAND" 0
"METAMORPHISI
S"
1
"ONE WORLD, ONE TRIBE" 1
"HEARING NATURE SING" 1
TAKE THE EDGE OFF 0
"Out of the Mist" 1
Night Terrors 0
A Girl Named Charlotte! 0
Things Have Changed 0
The Tear 0
Take Flight 1