Anorexia

Anorexia

It's not worth it

What brings a person to this state? The tired and weary eyes, that long to see the reflection of a different person, while peering at the reflection in a pool. The bony body, tearing away at its own flesh. Skipping meals, and vomiting up what she has just consumed, tired and lonely while the days pass by, darker and darker as they become. Till one day the body cannot go on, and as she slips away you hold her tight wanting to tell how beautiful she was in your eyes. Feeling the rough skin go cold, and you know that it's too late, and the spirit has failed the body, and the person could no longer live in the dark world where people are judged by skinny versus fat but that the person is in a better place. What brings a person to this state?

Dear Anorexia, It's time to say goodbye. If we stay together any longer, I know that I will die. We've been together for a while, and shared our secrets, I know. It's hard for me to say this, but it's time to let you go. Mommy warned me of your ways, and how you didn't treat me right. When I told you of her worries, you only put up a fight. You made me poke my stomach, and squeeze my meatless thighs. And though I was only skin and bones, I saw fat and hatred through your eyes. With all the pain I had to suffer, and the hunger I went through, I realize I'm much better off not to be with you. You will soon find another, to haunt her and to scare. and I only hope that she, too, will show you she doesn't care. I know that you will want to stay, and pressure me to try. But I am telling you now and for good, Goodbye Anorexia. Goodbye.