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Cookie Cutter Family

by IsolabellaFae 1 review

No one's perfect, and you shouldn't try to be.You're amazing how you are.

Category: Poetry - Rating: G - Genres:  - Published: 2013-03-27 - 301 words

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Mommy and Daddy
Two sisters and a brother
Smile and laugh
Cheerlead. Play every sport.
The perfect family. Or good liars.
Mommy was left by the first Daddy when sissy was too young to object.
A new Daddy came and gave Mommy two more.
A sister and a brother. He left her, too.
Still the perfect family. Don't talk about it, it didn't happen. Sweep it under the rug.
Big sissy doesn't fit in.
There's no room in the cookie cutter perfect picture for her.
They won't acknowledge her problems.
They hide her from the world.
Big sissy does all she can to fit.
She only makes it worse.
She's just not good enough.
Smaller?Then will she fit?Will that work?
Prettier?Is that what it takes?
More feminine?Is that perfect enough?
Starve to be smaller. Daddy would be proud.
Cut for discipline to be feminine and perfect. It'll make Mommy love you.
Hide behind pounds of make-up and stick straight hair, then you'll feel pretty. Mommy likes pretty things, then maybe she'll care.
Still don't fit? Not good enough yet? Don't worry.
Maybe you're family was only meant for one little girl.
No time for the spawn of Satan bastard.

Have fun with your Mommy and Daddy and sister and brother.
Forget about the part that is gone.
Don't think about all the imperfections.
She's gone now.
She couldn't get small enough.
Or pretty enough.
She was no girly-girl.
Think about how your words hurt.
So I'm a dyke?Thanks, man.
So I'm a fatass?Okay mom.
So I'm still ugly?And stupid?And a waste of space?
Should I still just fucking kill myself?
Fine. Don't feel bad about this. It isn't entirely your fault.
I should have been better.
You can't help that I'm not perfect.
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