She wakes up in the morning
Hungry from last night
But she doesn’t eat breakfast
‘cause her jeans fit too tight
She looks into the mirror
Tears glisten in her eyes
She hates her reflection
But the mirror never lies
She rides the bus to school
And sits all alone
She wishes with all her might
To see all her bones
She gets to school at last
Self-conscious about her size
Because she still believes
That the mirror never lies
She walks from class to class
In the hallways by herself
While her classmates stop and wonder
About her collapsing health
But she never stops to listen
And doesn’t even try
She knows that they are wrong
Because the mirror never lies
When lunch time comes, she’s gone
Nowhere to be found
She never ever eats her lunch
She’s scared of gaining a pound
She walks past the lunch room
And smells the fruity pies
She really wants to eat them
But the mirror never lies
When school is finally over
And her homework is all done
She changes into shorts
And goes for a run
She runs and runs for hours
And sees the changing skies
She really wants to stop
But the mirror never lies
She finally goes home
And is forced to eat some dinner
While the whole time she wishes
That she could be thinner
She retreats to her room
And cries and cries and cries
She hates what she looks like
But the mirror never lies
She stands before the mirror
And pulls up her shirt
Pinches the bit of fat she has
And regrets eating dessert
She stares at her thin body
With no space between her thighs
She knows that she is fat
Because the mirror never lies
Feb 24, 2016
Feb 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM UTC
She wakes up in the morning
Hungry from last night
But she doesn’t eat breakfast
‘cause her jeans fit too tight
She looks into the mirror
Tears glisten in her eyes
She hates her reflection
But the mirror never lies
She rides the bus to school
And sits all alone
She wishes with all her might
To see all her bones
She gets to school at last
Self-conscious about her size
Because she still believes
That the mirror never lies
She walks from class to class
In the hallways by herself
While her classmates stop and wonder
About her collapsing health
But she never stops to listen
And doesn’t even try
She knows that they are wrong
Because the mirror never lies
When lunch time comes, she’s gone
Nowhere to be found
She never ever eats her lunch
She’s scared of gaining a pound
She walks past the lunch room
And smells the fruity pies
She really wants to eat them
But the mirror never lies
When school is finally over
And her homework is all done
She changes into shorts
And goes for a run
She runs and runs for hours
And sees the changing skies
She really wants to stop
But the mirror never lies
She finally goes home
And is forced to eat some dinner
While the whole time she wishes
That she could be thinner
She retreats to her room
And cries and cries and cries
She hates what she looks like
But the mirror never lies
She stands before the mirror
And pulls up her shirt
Pinches the bit of fat she has
And regrets eating dessert
She stares at her thin body
With no space between her thighs
She knows that she is fat
Because the mirror never lies
Hey guys!! This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, so I wrote a poem in order to help raise awareness for this very serious cause. I hope that reading this poem will open your eyes to the daily struggle of someone with an eating disorder.