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Numbers

It's all just numbers, isn't it?

Day by day,

Year by year,

Always counting.

 

Day by day look at the number on the scales.

Let the caloric calculator count until your head is filled with numbers.

 

Minute by minute count the seconds it takes for him to text you back.

Let the doubt and fear multiply until your head is full of him.

 

Term by term let a percentage on a piece of paper define your worth.

 

Don't we have better things to do than count?

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Written by
chloe-jackson
19 / F / Ireland
Published
Apr 9, 2019
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10·86
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#depression#numbers#anorexia#ed#recovery#love#deep#personal#hope#thoughts
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