INSATIABLE
I am insatiable.
Since the tender cradle of childhood I only wanted love
But growing up in a household where
Love usually means being absent or abused
I settled on filling myself and my world with things that I loved.
Cartoons.
Stuffed animals.
McDonald’s.
Pizza.
My mother’s cooking
Made with the love she couldn’t physically give.
The more I lacked the more I ate
And I didn’t know
That feeling full didn’t mean being fulfilled
So maybe that’s why I ate
Until I wanted to throw it all up
Until I was
Ready to feel comfortably whole again
I am insatiable.
After the promise at the age of 13 that no one would ever love me
I decided to prove that wrong
So I tried to make myself seem as smart as I could
But when you chase a dream that was never meant to be yours
Your passion becomes a pitfall
As my grades fell lower
My waist got bigger
And bigger and bigger
To the point where I wanted to rip my skeleton out of my skin
And start all over again
But apparently all I had to do was be cast in a netflix show
So the fat could melt right off
As if it was never really there
I am insatiable.
So I ran as far as I possibly could to escape those
Demons that rose above me like the heat on the subway
And found a holy land of rolling hills and friends sweet like honey
And space! So much space to disappear.
So I buried myself in extracurricular activities
Like theatre
And poetry
And none of it was enough
So I worked even harder
Dean’s list
Student speaker
I put this fat body on display
Anywhere that I could
So someone would fucking see me and acknowledge me
I got high on praise
I was told I was a powerhouse on stage
And I knew how to demand attention
Lend me your hearts
Let me feast on a sadness that isn’t my own
I am insatiable
And I can be both
I can be fat and confident
Fat and brave
Fat and drowning in a sadness that isn’t attached to my body
Fat and beautiful
Fat and fuckable
Fat and free to dress how the fuck I please
Fat and vengeful
I have enough space in this body
To be both sinner
And angry god
I can decide to have cake
Buy the ingredients
Whip it
Bake it
And eat that shit too
Because I am infuckingsatiable
And I want to do it all.
I am fat
I am a woman
I am smart
I am powerful
I am insatiable
And the simple
Small minded people of this world
Don’t have quite enough substance
To satisfy me.