Why do so many people
feel the need
the right
to comment on someone else's
body or weight?
"Oh, you're looking great!
You've lost a lot of weight!"
I shrug. "Maybe. I don't
pay attention to such things."
You'd think that would be enough
of a clue, a not so subtle hint
Let it go. Move on from this
but no
time to doubled down
"Well, you've lost a lot of weight!
Whatever you're doing
you look great!"
more determined than ever
to make their judgement heard
I assume it was meant kindly
but please consider what you said
and what it says
about how you think
I used to look
and how you will think again
about I look in the future
if I regain what you have
decided makes me
somehow better
for having lost