To The Girl in the Mirror

To the girl in the mirror, the girl that thinks she's too fat, that her stomach bulges out and that her thighs are not skinny enough; the girl that thinks that losing just 10 more pounds would make her worthy of living because if she doesn't become stick thin she would be inferior to the girls she sees in magazines; The girl who doesn't see her ribs protruding out of her, or the way her spine juts out of her back; This message is for you; You will look back at yourself in a year and you will be so glad that you made it through; the girl who stands in your place a year from now will be so much stronger because you chose to fight; She can not be taken down by the thought of numbers; numbers on a scale, numbers labeling the food she eats; numbers that society says she should fit into; No, my value goes beyond numbers; I am the new girl that you chose to be