TW - Elephant

[Beautiful Bones]

Home alone, standing before glass, I gaze.
An elephant greets me with a sinister smile.
Disgusted, I count the pounds
For the first time in a long while.

What they call healthy is not what I call attractive.
At least not on me.

I’m home alone for the next few hours;
An elephant in a cage.
I’ll do whatever is in my power
To remove two pounds minimum,

Risking their rage.
I know that they will lecture me.
I know that they will be disappointed.
I wave it off.
I can shut out the anger.

The lectures.

The guilt.

The elephant whines its cry for food,
And I neglect to hear its plea.
I desperately wish I could ignore the pain
As the elephant begs me to end its misery.

Distracting myself from the gilded cries,
I put on my shoes and go for a run.

I stare the elephant straight in the eye.

It retreats.
I won.
...This time.