Saving Face

Carve down your being
until only your shell remains.
Look at all you are.
You must be tamed.

You can't be fat.
Lose the weight now-
but wait!
Not like that!

Every pore blurred,
deleted and altered.
Look into my eyes,
you mustn't falter.

Your brown eyes?
They're cool,
but the trend
is now blue.

Convictions I spat,
of sales and addiction.
The words make you matte,
without any affliction.

Make sure you are thin,
with assets "just so."
Skin like porcelain.
The ivory tower grows.

There you are!
I'm so glad you stayed!
Look into my mirror,
and watch it all fade.

It knows no Surface,
or of the face you've pasted.
Beauty runs deeper than that.
Look at the time you've wasted.