Some women are not meant to be gift-wrapped. ~ “Color Coding” by Susan Terris (http://bibliomancyoracle.tumblr.com/askoracle)

Why do I take that first compulsive bite?
A mystery to daunt any oracle.
So asked, I’m told Some women are not meant
to be git-wrapped. So the woman in it should be me?
The skeptical me would assume I’m not pretty,
can’t be made to be, have no need for frills
but will remain frumpy, lumpy, drawn to the bites…
Gift wrapping adds not just beauty, though.
It covers up. Hides. Makes undiscoverable.
Parts of me seem far better suited for being cloaked,
concealed. The fears, the resentments, jealousies…
They need to be covered over. But some women
are not meant to be gift-wrapped.
I’m as sick as my secrets and while I hide
skeletons in my closet,
I’ll use the tried, once-trusted behaviors.
I need to get rid of the wrapping, pretty or servicable,
and pull out the secrets beyond that place
where they solicit the taking of all the compulsive bites.