Zero (A Poem About Anorexia)

I struggled with anorexia awhile ago and jotted down this short poem in my phone when I was in the throes of it all. I think it pretty accurately represents my relationship with my scale at that time.

That number flashing back at me is all I need to know

It is my place, my value, my disgrace

At least, it tells me so.

The world will fall in order, once that number's low

But through all my pain, I can never attain

What I know is the final goal.

The obsession drags me deep into a never-ending hole

It will never cease to torment me

Until the number reads

Zero

Author's Note

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[alex]

i loved this