Mind Games

• Emily Rooney, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2015

Society controls us
The way we speak and the way we see ourselves
Is up to them
They need us to see how they do
And to think freely is not any option

The mirror is your enemy
The scale your tormentor
And your body the prisoner
Not permitting that you leave

The image that you see
Will forever be
The one you will hate to view
You can't change that
Unless they do