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Don't Try Too Hard


Days seem like ages when minutes turn into hours. How long this stage is, only decisions will tell. Lost in the world and waiting for the pages of Life's book to reveal what a troubled future beholds. Binging in closets; starving yourself and withering away into air. Your mind is elsewhere. People aren't there to help you when they don't know what you're going through. Airbrushed expectations, photo-shopped alterations only make expectations impossible to achieve. Don't try too hard to mold yourself into someone you're not. Be content with your health and not what you look like. Be content with yourself. Embrace your curves and reject hurtful words. Soon you will begin to learn to love yourself for who you are and not what size you wear.
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