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There's nothing glamorous About kneeling on the cold bathroom floor Staring into the toilet At your dinner With a finger down your throat And an imaginary gun to your head   Trying to quiet your heaving So your family doesn't wonder And not stopping until you are empty Until you are sure that every ounce of your enemy that we call food is out of your body The same body your mother spent hours and hours pushing out of her so your beauty could be shared with this word Your body which was once a vessel for beauty and love But has now become a vessel for your self hatred and distruction No There's nothing glamorous About staring into the mirror After its all said and done Looking into your blood shot eyes Searching for something that was lost when you rid yourself of that food Running your hands under warm water   Trying to wash away the scent and shame But no matter how hard you scrub No matter how much soap you use No matter how strong the water pressure is They linger And linger And linger No There's nothing glamorous   About your mother looking at you with tear filled eyes And asking if you're doing "it" again Because she can't even stomach to say what "it" is Almost like you can't stomach the thought of being away from a toilet for more than a few hours And all you reply with is a dishonest no You watch as she slowly dies inside Because she knows no means yes And she pleads with you "Why" she cries And you don't even bother to answer Because even as sick as you are you know how twisted your reasoning is No There's nothing glamorous About your life revolving around the next time you can get to a toilet When all you can think about is that next purge That next release That next cleanse Because when you purge you're not only purging your food But you're purging all those thoughts of stopping, all those thoughts of getting better When that food hits the water those thoughts quiet All you hear is "get it out" "get it all out" They are silenced by your need to be perfect To be thin No There's nothing glamorous About soar throats And mouth soars Scared knuckles And puffy cheeks No There's nothing glamorous About slowly destroying your body Your body which is now just a peetry dish for your sick thoughts Everyday From the inside Out Trust me I know
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Sep 8, 2013
Sep 8, 2013 at 11:51 PM UTC
There's nothing glamorous
There's nothing glamorous About kneeling on the cold bathroom floor Staring into the toilet At your dinner With a finger down your throat And an imaginary gun to your head   Trying to quiet your heaving So your family doesn't wonder And not stopping until you are empty Until you are sure that every ounce of your enemy that we call food is out of your body The same body your mother spent hours and hours pushing out of her so your beauty could be shared with this word Your body which was once a vessel for beauty and love But has now become a vessel for your self hatred and distruction No There's nothing glamorous About staring into the mirror After its all said and done Looking into your blood shot eyes Searching for something that was lost when you rid yourself of that food Running your hands under warm water   Trying to wash away the scent and shame But no matter how hard you scrub No matter how much soap you use No matter how strong the water pressure is They linger And linger And linger No There's nothing glamorous   About your mother looking at you with tear filled eyes And asking if you're doing "it" again Because she can't even stomach to say what "it" is Almost like you can't stomach the thought of being away from a toilet for more than a few hours And all you reply with is a dishonest no You watch as she slowly dies inside Because she knows no means yes And she pleads with you "Why" she cries And you don't even bother to answer Because even as sick as you are you know how twisted your reasoning is No There's nothing glamorous About your life revolving around the next time you can get to a toilet When all you can think about is that next purge That next release That next cleanse Because when you purge you're not only purging your food But you're purging all those thoughts of stopping, all those thoughts of getting better When that food hits the water those thoughts quiet All you hear is "get it out" "get it all out" They are silenced by your need to be perfect To be thin No There's nothing glamorous About soar throats And mouth soars Scared knuckles And puffy cheeks No There's nothing glamorous About slowly destroying your body Your body which is now just a peetry dish for your sick thoughts Everyday From the inside Out Trust me I know
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It starts with thoughts They tear my insides up Almost as much as this disease Destroying my body And my mind I know what I do Is sick and twisted (and I guess that makes me sick and twisted too) But I can't help it Because it's become a need A way of life It's ruined me already I've lost my self to this evil sickness Self destruction is my speciality And it's sad really That the cold tile floor Feels like home
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Aug 12, 2013
Aug 12, 2013 at 1:13 PM UTC
Relapse
A stranger stopped me on the street today To tell me I was beautiful And I looked at him with searching eyes Because I thought maybe he wanted something But actually I don't think he wanted anything at all And this realization That a stranger wanted to make me smile Just because Makes me smile Even more   Than his words
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Aug 10, 2013
Aug 10, 2013 at 8:40 PM UTC
Words of a stranger
You said it was just a **** So were the taste of her lips worth the taste of my tears? Were the sway of her hips worth my scarred wrists? Were her moans worth my gasps for air as I cry? Were her wanton gazes worth the sadness and hurt in my eyes? Was her shuddering body beneath you worth my curled up one balling on your couch? Was that few minutes of gratification worth my lifetime of distrust? Was it worth it? Was it?   I sure hope it was
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Aug 9, 2013
Aug 9, 2013 at 4:40 PM UTC
Was it worth it?
It's 3 AM You just told me you want to be with me But you don't think we'll last much longer That you'll always love me But we're just too complicated If you think we have an expiration date then what's the point? If you think our love will spoil like milk then whats the point? I guess nothing is perminit But if anything came close, I thought it'd be me and you Why don't we just end it now? Cut off the pain before it manifests itself End it before our love is stronger and our wounds even deeper It's 3 AM And I'm confused It's 3 AM And I'm crying It's 3 AM And I'm lonely   It's 3 AM   And I'm losing you
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Aug 8, 2013
Aug 8, 2013 at 2:56 PM UTC
It's 3 AM
Why do we equate hurt with love? "Love isn't real unless it hurts" No Love is not a perpetual cycle of hurt Love is not being stabbed in the heart Over And over again And taking your attacker back Because they did it out of love No They did not take that knife And puncture your heart Twisting and turning that sharp weapon As to really cause damage Out of love
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Aug 7, 2013
Aug 7, 2013 at 2:03 PM UTC
Love is not hurt
I've lost you    Somewhere between our late night talks and early morning drives (The ones that no longer happen) Somewhere between college applications and graduation gowns Somewhere between new friends and old ones Somewhere between you drinking on Wednesday nights and popping pills to function Thursday morning Somewhere between ****** up feelings and crowded thoughts Somewhere between my fourth cup of coffee and your fifth cigarette Somewhere between you not caring and me not trying Somewhere between rushing strangers and passing cars Somewhere between this coffee shop and home Somewhere between hello And goodbye
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Aug 6, 2013
Aug 6, 2013 at 1:27 PM UTC
Somewhere between
Learning you is like learning a new language You're confusing as **** Your words are like a foreign language to me And this is a language google translate can't even help me decipher I tell you I don't understand You repeat them I still don't understand Maybe if you speak slower I'll understand No, I still don't understand Maybe if you write it out for me I'll understand No, I'm still lost   But then I realize It's not the words I don't understand It's where they're coming from And that Is going to take a lot ******* longer to figure out
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Aug 5, 2013
Aug 5, 2013 at 10:33 PM UTC
Your complexity is quite annoying
Left with jumbled thoughts Trees rustle; all I hear are These jumbled, sad thoughts Left with teary eyes Drinking tea but all I taste Are these salty tears Left with concealed scars Watching tv; all I see Are these ugly scars Left feeling nothing I hug myself but I feel A shell of a girl
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Aug 5, 2013
Aug 5, 2013 at 2:31 PM UTC
How can I feel so much but nothing at all?
Lips like morphine drip They numb me and I want more Please feed my addiction Skin like alabaster Touch me with your fluid skin Quench my thirst for you Eyes like the night sky Star filled beneath their darkness Fill my black holes too
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Aug 4, 2013
Aug 4, 2013 at 12:45 PM UTC
Let me in