Welcome to the century of diet pills and hospital bills;
Of diet coke and menthol smoke;
Of thigh gaps and what?
Of girls throwing a mask of bones over themselves;
Disguising themselves,
Hiding every inch of skin from prying eyes and lighthearted lies of 'you dont need to lose any weight;
but doesn't your sister look real good staring at her plate,
And your moms diet seems to have gone really good;
Tell me, does she even eat any food?'
So when I started shrinking I didn't know who to blame.
But right now in the body society rejects I can't find an inch of me that is not ashamed .
Of how my ideas of perfection have been poisoned from the minute I was born.
Growing up I've watched my sister evaporate,
Picking up habits at the dinner table
My eyes fixate;
On every mouthful she lets past her hungry lips.
Counting every glass of water, counting every sip.
Tell me why,
Why girls of our generation think worth is calculated in pounds and inches
Or why empty stomachs and shaking palms are somehow congratulated.
Why our collar bones turn into competitions nobody ever wins.
Welcome to the century of starving girls
Of pretty, starving girls.
Of pretty, dying girls.
This was my first shot at writing a slam poem or any poem at all really.
Ive struggled with Anorexia for over three years now and when going through treatment you finally see how not only the media but how your family have poisoned your expectations of what you are 'supposed' to look like.
That is basically what this poem is about.
Enjoy.