Anorexia Nervosa
terror associated with weight gain.
A critical voice in my head
telling me I’m not good enough.
Feeling cold all the time.
Aching bones.
Shakes
Chills
Excessive sweating
Nausea
Vomiting
My body tells me
it’s had enough
I keep going.
I don’t listen.
Don’t hear
the voices around me
telling me I’m starving.
Hidden beneath the haze
drinking until I sleep
drinking until I can’t hear her
shoving her beneath the haze
so I can believe anorexia isn’t a disease.
I eat to get people off my back
I eat when I need to
I eat when I’m hungry
but I’m never hungry.
Appetite loss
Starvation
Torture
Excruciating pain.
Tell me Anorexia
isn’t a disease.
One response to “Anorexia- A Poem”
Wow great poem!