The Downside of Thinking like a Wall Street Diva
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 14 years.
When does it mean to be successful truly?
Since the era of the Yuppie, greed has been big with the world
Everyone wants to have more of everything
Too much is never enough to have
Hairspray, shoulder pads and how full your address book is
Society charged that if you lacked any of those things
You were not prosperous in any way shape or form
Okay, the first two went away as soon as the 80s ended
Still, decades may change, but some stuff remains the same
So much is based on upon a supposedly healthy image
Whether it is how many zeroes are in your paycheck
The number of summer homes deeded to you in the Mediterranean
Name of the school on your college diploma ranked up there too
Explained why countless wealthy parents sold their souls
To get their kids into good schools and got charged with felonies
Shame that they didn't let their children work to earn what they got
Unrealistic expectations bred extremely resentful relationships on talk shows
Look at the fashion magazines with the photo shopped supermodels
All of the imperfections carefully edited out with the stroke of the keyboard
Made getting on the scale in your bathroom a depressing affair
One night stand with a bag of Milano cookies and a bowl of chocolate ice cream
Self-confidence down the proverbial drain with each look in the mirror
Wondered what made this real life lump of clay worthy of being sculpted beautifully
Prided myself on being above all the hoopla, but apparently I'm not
When reality stared me in the face that I'm not 22 anymore
The stuff I could get away then with no longer works anymore
Too many rollercoaster ups and downs have occurred to body, mind and soul
In order to bounce back in record time
The spring has finally gone out of this formerly slinky number
Ready to sink into the oblivion of mediocrity
Where nothing matters with being cream of the crop
No need to be Alexis Carrington when there was already one on small screen
Hard enough being yourself without living up to impossible expectations
Especially when your man may have a not so secret crush on latest screen siren
Let's find what makes Iris happy; not let society pigeonhole her into a breakdown
Strip away the artifice of Hollywood phoniness and get down to the bare necessities
Now, this time less will finally be more
Greed can finally take a hike.