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Figment

I travelled to the world of figments A place of two dimensional beauty Air brushed perfection I tried to look beyond manufactured proportions Pasted on smiles Glowing skin I did not belong there Not tall enough Broad enough I smiled my crooked smile Reached out to touch a hand Caress a perfect breast Kiss those luscious lips She vanished from my finger tips No substance there In the land of perfect hair Sexy eyes that stare Yet no one is there Just a figment of my mind In a studio designed Yet sadly for us Figments seem so real They effect The way we feel We can never get enough We dress like them We want their stuff Searching for those hollow dreams Amongst the pages of a magazine Trying to create the perfect scene I must Step away Clear my mind Choose a pathway redefined Chase what's real Not fab design Those empty dreams were never mine Figments can never satisfy Two dimensions are cold and dry What they call a dream Is all a lie I take back my life So that I can fly The power of the media makes people feel less than they are. Time to take back the power and see ourselves in a new light. Embrace three dimensional beauty and strive to be the one and only incomparable one of a kind.

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/10/2013 3:14:00 PM

VERY good theme and poem, Richard. It's very relevant to many of us today. wEll done. (enjoyed your cremation tale)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/11/2013 10:05:00 AM

Thanks Andrea

Victoria Anderson-Throop

Date: 7/10/2013 1:56:00 PM

"No substance there In the land of perfect hair" great phrase....It says it all!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/11/2013 10:06:00 AM

Nice to see you Victoria, thanks for commenting.

Sasha Maharaj

Date: 7/10/2013 7:48:00 AM

arr a Masterpiece.. I applaud thee.. Well written and true indeed. Trust that you are well friend :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/10/2013 7:54:00 AM

Very well, thanks

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 7/10/2013 12:53:00 AM

You have described the sad psyche of most people, women especially. We are molded by the media from childhood. What a super poem. BG

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/10/2013 6:31:00 AM

Thanks Barb.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 7/9/2013 10:06:00 PM

Amen....amen....amen...and yet, we are so conditioned that we would change who we are in a heartbeat to be that beautiful....This is such a sensitive topic for me. My daughter is drop dead gorgeous...her figure full and ultra curvaceous. She has gotten so many compliments and yet, she is not satisfied and is constantly trying to fit this image more or less.....I worry for her. It breaks my heart because she can't see herself through others eyes, and is facing my struggles....:( GREAT WRITE!!!!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/10/2013 2:21:00 PM

Yup...that's my baby.... :-)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/10/2013 1:36:00 PM

i think about 6 moths ago but not sure, she had long wavey hair.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/10/2013 7:20:00 AM

Recently?

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/10/2013 6:33:00 AM

I have seen a picture of her on your Facebook page. She is beautiful.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/9/2013 10:10:00 PM

A fav and will share it with my daughter. If only you could see her..... :(

Manel Gunatillake

Date: 7/9/2013 9:04:00 PM

Media makes people enthusiastic for a need of unwanted stuff. You have pointed here a good message. I too agree with you.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/10/2013 6:34:00 AM

Thanks Manel

James Marshall Goff

Date: 7/9/2013 7:04:00 PM

Inspirational! Richard! You nailed it! Jimbo

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/10/2013 6:34:00 AM

Thanks Jimbo

Poet Tacito

Date: 7/9/2013 7:01:00 PM

Fantastic! Nobody will declare my worthiness, but I! Society has enough problems of its own to have the audacity to tell me how I should look, feel, & act. They don't know any better. Excellent writing!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/10/2013 6:38:00 AM

My wife is the team leader for the Kelowna Eating disorder program and now there are men suffering from Anorexia and Bulimia. I think we should be happy regardless of shape providing of course our health is not compromised. People can be healthy or unhealthy at any size.

Donna Jones

Date: 7/9/2013 5:10:00 PM

Wow Richard this is awesome....love it and soooo agree!