I don’t want to count the calories
Dancing on my plate.
Id rather count the miles
skipping beneath my wheels.

I don’t want to see the numbers
Flashing on my scale.
Id rather see the blur of scenery
Flying past my window.

I don’t want to hear the people
Laughing inside my head.
Id rather hear the seagulls
Begging for food around the beach.

I don’t want to hate the girl
Staring at me in the mirror.
Id rather love her instead
Smiling every time I see her.

-ARI

Lay down beside me
Lights off; Hearts open

Wrap your arms around me
Bodies warm; Cheeks grazing

Tell me the stories of your life
Souls dancing; Eyes laughing

Show me all your sorrows
Minds understanding; Wounds healing

Teach me everything about you
Worlds uniting; Moons colliding

Let me love you,
As you have loved me

-ARI

How many times
Must she destroy herself,
Before she runs out of pain?

How many times
Must she cry to herself,
Before she's lost to sadness?

How many times
Must she starve herself,
Before she runs out of self-hate?

How many times
Must she blame herself,
Before she's lost to madness?

-ARI

She was something so marvelous,
Something I could never understand.

Her smile said a thousand words,
Although her lips rarely made a sound.

Her eyes held abandoned stories,
Like none I have ever heard before.

Her laughter like a song so sweet,
Not an artist could do her justice.

I watched her fall apart one day,
And then I realized just what she was.

She was a gift so rare to live;
The perfect poem with a heartbeat.

-ARI

I stand; barely breathing
Beneath the shower spray
As her blood drips slowly
From my finger tips
Mixing with the water
Dancing at my feet

I felt no remorse
Watching red fade to pink
For the only little girl
Ive ever made bleed
Is the one in the mirror
Always taunting me

-ARI

Blood washed away
Skin all healed
My puckered flesh
Like twisted kisses

These scars
Across my body
Like braille
For the broken hearted

Fingertips
Grazing my legs
As if reading the cause
For my pain

There's no need to speak
For words
Are not needed
To tell my story

-ARI

The words
Be happy
They make me angry
For the words be happy
Do not fix me

The words
Just eat
They irritate me
For the words just eat
Wont make me hungry

-ARI