Tailor-made?

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I’m surrounded by tall, slender women
While I am quite short and have curves,
And to see them all stylish and graceful…
Well… sometimes it gets on your nerves.

They can eat without thought when you’re dining,
They take notice of nothing but taste…
While if I just glance at a cream cake,
Its volume goes straight on my waist!

It is true that it’s jealousy talking,
No reproaches shall pass from my lips,
But while they sit there grazing unconscious,
Each morsel adds weight to my hips.

And then, there’s the elegant glamour,
The effortless draping and pleat…
While the same garment worn by a hobbit
Will look like a meal-sack with feet.

The tall, gamine goddess can carry
What should never be worn by the plump,
What the fashion-plate figure wears lightly
Would just make me look like a frump.

Because I am vertically challenged
(Yes, okay, horizontally too)
They put me to shame with their inches
Both upwards and sideways, I rue.

They can see over fences that blind me
And reach the top cupboards, you know,
(And see all the dust in the places
My little, short legs cannot go.)

But just when you’re feeling resentful
And cursing the Fates for your shape,
“I’d give such a lot for your curves, dear,”
They say, and you’re left all agape.

So recall, if you look in the mirror
And by discontent you are flayed,
Just remember that the perfect figure
Is that which you have, tailor-made.

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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42 Responses to Tailor-made?

  1. Ritu says:
    November 28, 2018 at 06:28

    Oh I love this Sue!

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  3. Teagan R. Geneviene says:
    November 28, 2018 at 07:27

    Nice thought, Sue. Hugs

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  5. jenanita01 says:
    November 28, 2018 at 07:49

    Sorry, but my arthritic knees tell me every day that lighter is the way to go. I just wish they knew how!

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  9. Jennie says:
    November 28, 2018 at 12:37

    Somehow I feel much better. 🙂 Well said, Sue.

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  10. janmalique says:
    November 28, 2018 at 18:06

    Hurrah for the tailor mades and rarities that drip uniqueness. ☺️

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  11. Bette A. Stevens says:
    November 28, 2018 at 19:33

    Wonderful! 🙂 Sharing…

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  13. Eliza Waters says:
    November 28, 2018 at 23:00

    Good one, Sue! 🙂

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  14. dgkaye says:
    November 29, 2018 at 01:17

    Beautiful message Sue! ❤

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  15. Dorinda Duclos says:
    November 29, 2018 at 05:44

    I love, love, love this! Short women unite!💖

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  16. Widdershins says:
    November 30, 2018 at 00:23

    Applause! Applause!!! 😀

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  17. Deborah Jay says:
    December 4, 2018 at 23:21

    Love it!
    Had me smiling all the way through 😀

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  18. willowdot21 says:
    December 4, 2018 at 23:41

    We under five footers have less expanse to fall..mind you I fall often 😉💜

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