Eating Disorder Poetry: Eat, Please Eat.

Eat

Please eat

Let your body live

I know your mind is messy

I know the scale is hurting you        

Just eat

Eat

Let your self love

I know it feels like the end

I know you want to see bones

Eat ok?

Please just eat

Your bones will still be there

I promise they won't be crushed

I promise the fat won't hurt you

Eat

Put the food in

Let yourself smile again

Let yourself laugh

Stop starving

Eat

Deep down there is a little girl

She grew up way too fast

Let her out

Eat

She is starving

Under the fragile bones         

Under the bruises

Please eat

Eat

She needs you

You see her in pictures and dreams

She doesn't care what size her hips are

Eat

Pick up the fork

Let yourself fight

Let yourself have dreams

Eat     

Keep it down

Fight to live

Fight to follow your dreams

Fight for the self that wants to live

Let go

Eat

Written by Aria

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Bad Apple: Eating Disorders Poetry

Warning: Poem may be triggering

Bad Apple

 

This poem is not about how I beat anorexia.

I wish I could write that poem

I always liked clean breaks and happy endings

But this is not a happy ending.

This is real.

 

I’ve done what I can

keeping up appearances

The good girl

The smart one

I’ve done a damn good job, don’t you think?

And I know you want your little girl back

And I wish I could give you that too.

 

But I am not a bad apple

You can’t cut out the rotten bits

This is not burnt toast

You can’t scrape this off

Or hide it with butter

Or throw it away and make a new slice

This is not a cherry pit

You can’t just eat around it

There are no devils or angels fighting on my shoulders

I am the devil

I’m the angel too.

 

All I can do is swallow this bad apple whole

Savor it bite by mushy brown bite

And maybe one day I’ll be just like I used to be

And maybe I won’t

So do you want a taste or not?

 

by: Anonymous 

 

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Eating Disorder & Body Image: Share Your Poetry/Writings

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Thank you.

MrsM


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