On Reflection

When you hurt so much that you just want to disappear into thin air, so you stop eating....and you hurt yourself more in the long run.

She can only see fat
Glaring back
As she stares at her reflection
In the mirror
She runs her hand
Over protruding bones
It doesn't sink in
Her sunken face
The battle with food
Will never be won
The battle in her mind
Has just begun
One more pound
Then one more
Til she disappears
Then no more
Hurt, no pain
Just a ghostly reminder
Of an existence
No one to blame
But herself.

2011 © Lorna Hunter

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Hotwater]

Well put, some things just stay in the mind no matter what, it can make your eyes see an untruth.
*bird*

[JRB]

Truth hurts slowly, as death claims swiftly, in the land of denial, sad write but so true