When I was younger and I had more on my plate than I could eat, my father would tell me,
"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach!"
And while it was never meant to do any harm,
I couldn't help but desire to shrink.
Portions were no longer a problem
because very rarely did I eat.
The closest thing I got to eating
was eating away.
All I could see in myself was something too large
and I became so insecure
that my eyes being bigger than the size of my stomach
was all that I could ask for.