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Something To Lose


Looking at her plate Glancing at her thighs No thanks, she says Waiting to be perfect, or what she thinks is perfect. "Guys won't like me" she says Ribs almost bursting out her skin, every vertebrae showing. "I need to look like her" she says Slowly shrinking, size after size. Clothes getting bigger while she stays small. Always turning down food, drinking only water. "In trying to lose weight" she says What they don't know shes trying to lose the thoughts in her head and the judgment through her eyes.
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