Emma lays her fragile hands
Onto her flat stomach
Head saying skinny
Mirror saying
Not skinny enough
Not skinny enough
Not skinny enough
Not skinny enough
Is all Emma hears
So she gets a toothbrush
Sticks it down her throat
So all the food
Not in her system
That she hasn't eaten in weeks
Flies out of her mouth
Tara cries at night
Her mother died when she
Was just a little girl
Her dad blames her
For her mother being gone
He can't deal with Tara
He gets wasted just to make
His poor little daughter's
Sickly pale skin
Turn into a mess of
Black and blue
At least he has yet to
Take away her innocence
Lily has to wear
Long sleeves every day
She's too scared
That someone will see
The scars that she
Creates on her own body
John is always drunk or high
Never a day
That he doesn't smoke ****
His dad beats him silly
Almost to no return
He needs something to
Take away the pain
Something to be numb
Dave has no way out
Scars cover his
Small teenage body
Medication?
That's a lie
It makes him worse
Want to die
So he takes his meds
Shoves them down his throat
To make it to a place
Much better than his
"home"
This is sad, and messed up and I'm sorry.
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