Flipping through the latest fashion magazine <br />I wonder to myself if this can actually be real <br />Pictures of these fake role models staring at me <br />These too skinny girls with their perfect hair <br />Who would do anything it took to keep it that way <br /> <br />They influence young girls, tell them what to be <br />That they need to look like them in order to fit in <br />Even though they may send messages “to be yourself” <br />All that can be heard is wear all the latest fashions <br />Do whatever it takes to be exactly like us <br /> <br />It gets to the point that young girls get desperate <br />To be stylish, to be perfect, and way too thin <br />Some go on crash diets while other will starve <br />Ignoring their needs, their health, desperate and wasting away <br />Doing whatever it takes to be like their magazine role models <br /> <br />Magazine role models stand for all the wrong things <br />They represent unreasonable perfection that doesn’t exist <br />Sending messages of insecurity to already insecure girls <br />With their air-brushed bodies and fake permanent smiles <br />Unhappy girls being influenced by even unhappier models <br /> <br />So as I flip through this latest fashion magazine <br />I wonder to myself if it all could be changed <br />If magazine girls could turn into real role models <br />Sending positive messages of healthy bodies and minds <br />Influencing girls to be themselves and love who they are<br /><br />Kristy Laking<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/magazine-role-models/
