Ana first walked into my life like a storm.

Appearing suddenly out of a clear blue sky and just as quickly, I was reborn. 

She put a disguise over my eyes that made me view myself and other things differently. 

Said my favorite foods weren't really that good and I listened consistently. 

Told me what I could and couldn't do and I followed her every command obediently. 

 

Before I knew it I was a magician pulling a disappearing act 

and my body was my hat.  

Every thing was topsy turvy 

And I guess that was the trigger

Because my dryer no longer shrunk my clothes,

But made them bigger 

 

Time flies and 

years have gone by 

And that's when I stumble across her

This girl inside the mirror who I once viewed as sinister, yet this time I was only a visitor. 

She was chained and said you must break me free

 

Oh can't you see

Your mind is playing tricks

And though you cannot see this

You resemble like a stick

And suddenly something and everything clicked 

 

Those mountains I was carrying, I was only meant to climb

And I could no longer deny

That I was a bird long before Ana said I could fly 

And a bird I will remain throughout her demise and I realized 

That some people will hate you for the way others will love you 

And those others, they love you because you are kind and you care even on your busiest 

you brag about the dumb things 

like how you are a pacifist 

 

I decided to be whole 

And end this mental war 

Because it has taken its toll 

And I tried to play it cool

But don't be fooled

The first and second and third and fourth time I told her goodbye 

She said nice try  

But you can't win 

You must be impossibly thin 

But ever since

I wasn't convinced 

Because Her words didn't ring in my head as loud as they once did

And I knew Right then that I could quit

 

Everyday is a new fight

But with this new light 

I was blind and now I have sight 

I see now that 

The world belongs to the courageous 

and to those who think they are ageless 

And I am storyteller made to be famous 

And to tell tales that leave your soul feeling at its greatest 

And to the people I've known forever and those I've just met,

the ones who make my life feel complete

 I love you more than I love to compete.