Best Poems Written by Marissa Martin

You Are What You Eat

You are what you eat my mother said as she tucked me in at night
I am what I eat mother and believed it with all my might

I always ate a balanced breakfast, lunch, and dinner 
In constant hope that I would become thinner

This idea followed me throughout school
And how those kids could be so cruel

They would always ask me why I ate what I ate 
I would reply that only these foods gave me a satiated state

In college I lived a life of isolation
trying to hide my true motivation

I watched all my peers go out and have fun
and sometimes wished my life could be redone

Eventually I found what I had been missing
Which I still find myself reminiscing

After my graduation I found a place
Off the wall, dark, and full of space

I also got an office job that offered me the night shift
Which turned out to be such a wonderful gift

A few others worked with me during the night
and they were always so very polite

One day I invited three over to my house
For a fun little game of cat and mouse

I remember when they first arrived 
It took them by such a surprise

When I revealed my true motive for this little soiree
That they were all my delicious prey

They all tried to run and yell for help 
but I overpowered them, hearing a yelp

From the young woman I had sliced in the gut
as the others realized all doors were sealed shut

One by one I killed them quickly
And thanked them silently and a smile spread thickly

Across my face and I thought of the balanced 
diet I had always embraced

As I cut up and packaged all the meat
I remembered the words "I am what I eat"

Copyright © Marissa Martin | Year Posted 2017