THE NEW ME REALIZATION, Poetry by Labretta Goines Donegan

POEM CATEGORY: LIFE

THE NEW ME REALIZATION
by Labretta Goines Donegan

Since skinny done ran off and left me, I have a new life now, with my curves.

At first, I didn’t take too kindly to my curves wanting to be with me, but now,
my feelings are different.

It took me a while to get used to the idea because skinny had been with me
all my life and hung around for so long.

I just knew skinny would be with me forever, but I was sadly mistaken. I just
looked up one day, and poof, skinny was gone!

I still don’t understand why skinny left me. We looked so good together. And
skinny was so easy going. When skinny was with me, I could wear whatever
I wanted, and I could eat whatever I wanted.

You know what, now that I think about it, maybe it was my…