Child Of God: Eating Disorders Poetry

Child Of God

Whats wrong with this child that wanders alone

So lost in the dark and frightened

Who scared this beautiful child of God

And put her in the dark that she hides in

What is this child of God looking for

Often does she wonder

Answers to questions that she can’t find

Or to scared to want the answers

Who hurt this beautiful child of God

Does she hurt herself

By binging and purging and starving herself

What will it take to heal this child of God

Often does she wonder

The answers lies within the child of God

She has all the answers.

by: Jaquita King



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Eating Disorder Poetry: TRAPPED

Trapped

My body is trapped in this mind

I try to break free, with fragile arms

No match for the burden of

This madness, sadness

That is heavy

So

Heavy

My mind is trapped in this body

Stagnant thoughts long to break out

To be strong, to step off this painful record

that just won’t

Stop

Spinning

My song is trapped in this mind

Why now does it just sound

Like noise, static. It screeches,

Incessantly, urgently. Where is

My

Voice?

My love is trapped in this body

Somewhere, hiding, beneath this

Cold, callous shell. Oh, it’s real –

Delicate, vulnerable, and trapped

So

Trapped.

Written by: Bethany

of U of I Free People

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