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.