How Do You Explain?

staubng
staubng Posts: 39 Member
How do you explain, to the light foot all along
the joy of losing pain, and discomfort when alone.
To touch your toes with breath intact,
to wash your feet, and the farthest back of your back.
To flip over in bed when you're resting your head
and it doesn't feel like you're carrying the weight of the dead
its something you can't ever say
to a person who has never felt
his belly in the way.
How do you tell, the naturally fit
the pride that's there and comes with it
when time is late and less tired you feel
because you're finally not bogged down by yet another meal.
How do you speak to a person of this,
well you can't you can only show greater hubris
as you strut your stuff, as you always had pictured,
but now instead you have experiences with much broader mixtures.
I'm happy to share with my fellow losing winners,
As we each step away from our processed TV Dinners
and let others worry about what or who are the sinners
as we lose our way to freedom, becoming one of the Thinners.

;) ~ Neil

Replies

  • ColoradoRobin
    ColoradoRobin Posts: 510 Member
    Wow, nice poem! You're right about it being impossible to explain.

    MFP is the only place where I can talk about this journey and how great it feels to improve my health with other people who get it. People who've never had a weight issue take it for granted. Friends who are still overweight don't want to listen to stories of my success, because it highlights their lack of motivation and undermines their excuses.

    So thanks for posting, you're right on the money!
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    MFP Poet Laureate.

    It spoke to me.
  • Libb3C
    Libb3C Posts: 56 Member
    nice!
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    I felt it. Right in here. No, HERE. Get your mind out of the gutter.
  • vjrose
    vjrose Posts: 809 Member
    Way cool lyrics sir!
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    AWESOME

    would love to share with your permission
  • Kybelle132
    Kybelle132 Posts: 71 Member
    Nice!!
  • tpittsley77
    tpittsley77 Posts: 607 Member
    Thank you for summing up so many feelings. Strong words. Would love to hear it in song. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.:heart::heart: :heart:
  • Treece68
    Treece68 Posts: 780 Member
    LOVE THIS!
  • GaidenJade
    GaidenJade Posts: 171
    Great use of lyrics man. Kudos! :happy:
  • staubng
    staubng Posts: 39 Member
    AWESOME

    would love to share with your permission

    Feel free. :)
  • staubng
    staubng Posts: 39 Member
    Mike Tyson would think the last two lines are the same, me thinks. I don't think I could explain it to him, either...
  • Awesome!
  • ginaquinn2
    ginaquinn2 Posts: 136 Member
    Neil that is beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us. :flowerforyou:
  • RainHoward
    RainHoward Posts: 1,599 Member
    I just wrote on my blog about why I'm in the process of getting bariatric surgery. It's one of those questions that a person gets tired of answering after a while. You, good Sir, just completely summed up exactly what I feel I need to tell people. If you don't mind, I would love to repost that on my blog.
  • staubng
    staubng Posts: 39 Member
    I just wrote on my blog about why I'm in the process of getting bariatric surgery. It's one of those questions that a person gets tired of answering after a while. You, good Sir, just completely summed up exactly what I feel I need to tell people. If you don't mind, I would love to repost that on my blog.

    By all means.
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