Image Distortion

 

The girl in the mirror is so ugly,

I hope that the world can’t see,

That I appear instead as what I want to be.

And I don’t need your reassuring lines,

You’re just against me,

But don’t you worry,

I’ll be fine.

 

Wake up each day, it’s all the same

Open my eyes and feel the pain (begin)

I see a face no one else knows,

Cover myself with baggy clothes (and make-up)

And I’ll skip breakfast just one more day

Until I find a better way (to feel in control)

 

I’m so sick of being asked if I’m okay

Can’t you mind your own business and stay away (from me)?

Why do you care? It’s my own choice to do it,

If I want to want to eat until I vomit (I’m free to)

Could you stop preaching to the choir?

You’ve got my temper set on fire (you’re just against me)

 

And so I picked my poison,

It’s mine and mine alone.

I’m trying to become better,

You say I’ll end up skin and bone.

And you’ve got your imperfections,

So why can’t you leave me with mine?

Stop being so demanding

You can’t dictate how I live my life.

I don’t need a support group,

And I don’t live by Ana’s creed,

I just want to feel this clean inside

Like a water glass that’s emptied.