‘Milk and Honey,’ a poem by Michellina van Loder

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Milk and Honey


Forgo honey

forgo milk

pocket the money

and lie to your ilk

ameliorate wounds

with hunger pangs

all consumed

laying in your princess bed

cheek bones

shrink-wrapped

in dewy skin

youth wasting away

skinny, slim, thin

tiny, small, smaller

no curves left now

hips sharp peaks

of pride;

an ego in control

don’t let me go

don’t let me go

I’m so hungry so

no, no, no…

so lonely

yet never alone

in this insistent chatter:

You’ll never be good enough.

You’re too fat.

Don’t eat that.

Don’t eat.

Don’t.

Don’t…

 

Michellina van Loder
PW&E student
Victoria University

2 thoughts on “‘Milk and Honey,’ a poem by Michellina van Loder”

  2. Wow, that is really powerful. Only recently have I been okay with pictures of myself (sick and a lot heavier than I ever thought I’d be). But even then, sometimes I won’t “share” or “post” those pictures–cowardly. But even when I was skinny minnie in high school, I still heard those voices…. Excellent poem.

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