Mirror Image

When I was in hospital I met many teenagers with serious body issues. This poem commemorates the emotions felt by sufferers of anorexia on their path to recovery.

She looks in the mirror,

Her eyes fixed with scrutiny-

‘What is this horror?

Is this my destiny?’

 

The blade quivering

As it remains undecided;

Her heart trembling

As she tries to fight it.

 

But it won’t work.

She feels haunted.

It’ll always lurk

Where it is unwanted.

 

She looks in the mirror,

Her dead eyes are staring

At the girl with the tear;

At the girl who is learning.

Author's Note

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