Eating Disorder Poetry
A Different Mirror
TO HEAR THE WORDS YOU LOOK SO THIN,
TO A NORMAL PERSON WOULD BE NO SIN,
BUT THOSE WHO HAVE THE DISEASE INSIDE
TO HEAR THOSE WORDS FEEDS THE FIRE INCREASING THE DESIRE
TO MAKE US WANT TO WIN.
TO WIN WHAT YOU ASK WHERE IS THE PRIZE,
BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE DISEASE KNOW THE PRIZE IS SIZE,
TO STEP ON THE SCALE AND TO HAVE GAINED ONE POUND,
MAKES THE WORLD STOP AND WE HEAR ONLY ONE SOUND,
IT POUNDS IN YOUR HEAD UNTIL YOU ARE HALF CRAZY,
LOOK AT YOURSELF YOU ARE A FAT SLOB AND LAZY,
UNLESS YOU HAVE THIS DISEASE YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE
YOU THINK WE SHOULD JUST STOP IT EAT A SENSIBLE DIET AND STOP THIS INSANITY AND ALL WILL BE FINE,
BUT IT INSET THAT WAY WE DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS DISEASE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME AND WHAT YOU SEE DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND IS NOT WHAT I SEE
YOUR MIRROR IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM MINE
Julie
