Anorexic Girl

a strictly fictional work

Anorexic Girl

 

She stands there in the stall,

looking at the nothing she had just purged,

sticks for bones,

no muscle, no life, no food.

She does not have a disease,

turning to the side she can disappear,

like the food she eats,

the stuff never there in the first place.

A ghastly, ghostly white,

but teeth yellow as if not brushed,

even too skinny for modeling,

and too fat for herself.

Scars line the wrists,

cut with dull razors,

she stands in the stall,

looking at herself splayed on the tiled floor,

she had eaten herself to death.

Author's Note

In no way is anorexia funny. If you read this and have that disease eat something and get help. Your welcome, and have a nice day!

Reviews

[Everchanging Disaster]

Wow...this is very powerful-I agree this is by no means a less than serious issue and without experience it is hard for some people to convey the feelings one would go through.

That being said you did a masterful job. "too skinny for modeling, and too fat for herself." This conveys in an almost harsh way, the demon that one with anorexia would deal with on a daily basis...

And then there was the last line-in a morbid way it ties the whole poem together..."she had eaten herself to death." that is a multifaceted statement, you have to look past the figurative meaning and ponder on it-because you know she didn't eat too much and that concludes that you must take the more literal meaning-that "food" was the ultimate tool of her demise.

I love it, very touching and well written. Thank you for sharing.

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This is an interesting topic to write a poem about. It's definitely powerful, I have to agree with the others. You put it together well and the ending strengthened your writing/message even more. Nice job on this, truly.

[Wildecat]

This really touched me. Society and all of this stuff you have to be thin. Sometimes society goes to the extremes. Oh and thanks for the kind comments on ( If I Was) your comments and friendship are very much appreciated.

[Poeticpiers]

Its all in the perceptions If you see yourself as fat then you are fat in a way. Self image is all important to teenagers led astray by advertisng. Any man will tell you that he prefers a woman with curves