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#anorexia
So many voices Pounding Pulsing Permeating my thoughts Telling me to Eat less Count calories Get skinny Roaring that I can't Eat that Get fat Be enough Be too much And your also screaming That I should Eat my plate Don't be late Shove it down "just eat a little more" ITS TOO loud I cannot see or hear or think If every aching muscle is SCREAMING SCREAMING SCREAMING that i cant eat that But you are yelling too And I am trapped trap dep between t w w a o l l s Of sound
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5d ago
May 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM UTC
Loud
I sat In her office Legs crossed tight at the knees and ankles Arms coiled tight Back hunched inward Eyes shrunken So quiet Barely speaking But once I did I don't remember if I SCREAMED or w i p r d h s e e But my voice pounded around the walls Because she asked me to Reframe my mentality So I uncoiled and My voice Broke free from my throat So it could echo over and through her I am Fat & Ugly & Dumb But once those words Had fled from sound The room was ****** of silence And my hands tapped Diligently I couldn't breathe Because Tears were burning in my eyes And my breath was nailed into my throat As my hands gripped Quietly at my thighs
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6d ago
May 28, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC
Reframe Your Mentality
yesterday night I looked in my old diary it was from 4th to 5th grade maybe my hand writing was messy but it still looked somewhat the same I still wrote my g's with a swoop on the end and I still wrote my t's like a keyboard was but it was a different version of me, I flipped far enough to a page 4/13/23 it read I still wrote the date at the corner of the page as if time wouldnt fly by fast but it did I read the page carefully, slowly, as if I read it too fast it would burn harder "I'm doing some things today, maybe he'll like me better this way," I knew what little me was writing and it hit me who hurt me this bad? who hurt a fifth grader so bad she felt the need to starve herself? for some stupid guy to like her? how could you make every page of her diary? that were supposed to be filled with stories and things that made her happy a track of how skinny she was becoming? I flipped to the next page it was a list of food and calories, next was a page of everything she ate and the numbers, next was a list of workouts, the next was a page about her mom starting to notice, how could you break her this bad? who could do this to a 10 year old? she was supposed to be with her friends happy, skipping, singing, dancing like she was the sunshine but you dimmed her light how could you do that? I saw every page of her explaining the numbers going down and down and I wish I could give her a hug then and there to take away the pen and hold her instead to let her cry into me instead of her pillow for once she was using writing as a weapon instead of a shield I finally flipped to the last page of the journal "its over, she likes him he likes her, its over I'm not enough I'll never be enough" and its sick to think after everything she did she never got him? but its sick to think she even did that in the first place for a boy.
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May 19
May 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC
how dare you? and how could you?
yesterday night I looked in my old diary it was from 4th to 5th grade maybe my hand writing was messy but it still looked somewhat the same I still wrote my g's with a swoop on the end and I still wrote my t's like a keyboard was but it was a different version of me, I flipped far enough to a page 4/13/23 it read I still wrote the date at the corner of the page as if time wouldnt fly by fast but it did I read the page carefully, slowly, as if I read it too fast it would burn harder "I'm doing some things today, maybe he'll like me better this way," I knew what little me was writing and it hit me who hurt me this bad? who hurt a fifth grader so bad she felt the need to starve herself? for some stupid guy to like her? how could you make every page of her diary? that were supposed to be filled with stories and things that made her happy a track of how skinny she was becoming? I flipped to the next page it was a list of food and calories, next was a page of everything she ate and the numbers, next was a list of workouts, the next was a page about her mom starting to notice, how could you break her this bad? who could do this to a 10 year old? she was supposed to be with her friends happy, skipping, singing, dancing like she was the sunshine but you dimmed her light how could you do that? I saw every page of her explaining the numbers going down and down and I wish I could give her a hug then and there to take away the pen and hold her instead to let her cry into me instead of her pillow for once she was using writing as a weapon instead of a shield I finally flipped to the last page of the journal "its over, she likes him he likes her, its over I'm not enough I'll never be enough" and its sick to think after everything she did she never got him? but its sick to think she even did that in the first place for a boy.
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I would like to separate myself The division of my body Scoop it all out of the shell Deep clean my insides Expel my chyme I move through air better Empty. I loose pieces of me On purpose. An unsolvable puzzle, Is a lighter one. But I am still hungry Like an animal; Like a stray dog. Hunting. Growling. Like stray dog Begging for a man's food. I am also the man Who denies him. They say I am no longer allowed To not allow myself. BUT I will never have the luxury Of being thankful for permission, And now I have lost the luxury of occluding myself. I JUST WANT TO GET IT OUT I WANT TO WRING THE SALIVA OUT OF MY TONGUE BEFORE THEY WEIGH ME I WANT TO GORE CHUNKS OUT OF MYSELF LIKE PIECES OF BIRTHDAY CAKE I WANT TO SHAVE OFF MY EDGES TILL MY HEART IS ALL THAT REMAINS I NEED TO SHATTER Into one million shards of myself So I am nothing but a fraction of what I once was. BECAUSE IF I WAS IN PEICES My shards would be smaller. They would be lighter And that is how I would prefer to be.
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May 16
May 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC
Smaller Peices
people have always had the same wish their whole life on every birthday candle you blow on every shooting star you see on every coin in the fountain you throw on every dandelion you blow on every eyelash you loose on every wishbone you break on every 11:11 you pass on every headlight you see and you'd except it to be something sweet maybe you think mine was wishing for a girl maybe you think mine was wishing for something to own maybe you think mine was for my grandma to get better or to be happier but if I told you the truth those were never my wishes and for the past 5 years its been the same wish on everything "I wish to finally be thin and pretty" it seems like such a stupid wish because if you could wish for anything why would it be that? and sometimes I laid in bed and wondered that too but when you're a 14 year old girl who turned to the side in every mirror ****** in her stomach in every photo and didn't wear clothes because it made me look "fat" that was the only thing I could wish for. maybe my wish finally did come true? maybe it came true the second I wished for it? but some part of me told me no matter how much it came true I wanted it to be more then that I wanted it so bad that people would only remember me when they see my bones as the pretty girl who died, every wish I wished for the same thing it was never for emi to come back it was never for someone to finally love me it was never for my mom to stop yelling it was never even to get my grades up it was the same thing every wish every heartbeat to finally be pretty I wonder if it actually came true and I just haven't seen it yet?
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May 4
May 4, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC
every wish
people have always had the same wish their whole life on every birthday candle you blow on every shooting star you see on every coin in the fountain you throw on every dandelion you blow on every eyelash you loose on every wishbone you break on every 11:11 you pass on every headlight you see and you'd except it to be something sweet maybe you think mine was wishing for a girl maybe you think mine was wishing for something to own maybe you think mine was for my grandma to get better or to be happier but if I told you the truth those were never my wishes and for the past 5 years its been the same wish on everything "I wish to finally be thin and pretty" it seems like such a stupid wish because if you could wish for anything why would it be that? and sometimes I laid in bed and wondered that too but when you're a 14 year old girl who turned to the side in every mirror ****** in her stomach in every photo and didn't wear clothes because it made me look "fat" that was the only thing I could wish for. maybe my wish finally did come true? maybe it came true the second I wished for it? but some part of me told me no matter how much it came true I wanted it to be more then that I wanted it so bad that people would only remember me when they see my bones as the pretty girl who died, every wish I wished for the same thing it was never for emi to come back it was never for someone to finally love me it was never for my mom to stop yelling it was never even to get my grades up it was the same thing every wish every heartbeat to finally be pretty I wonder if it actually came true and I just haven't seen it yet?
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you sit there ”just one bite, please?” it haunts you ”come on its been days” you know it has but the words your mother carved into your skin sting fat ugly disgusting you didn’t deserve it ”do you want something else?” you wanted it to go away the noise it was stabbing different parts of your stomach you should you really should it would be good for you so you pick it up until it feels too heavy food is not the enemy theyve told you before but the calories the scale the thoughts told you something else you really want to be pretty? you must. be. smaller. so you ****** in your stomach and lied ”im fine, i ate a big breakfast” and you wish in that moment shed look you in the eye and ask you if you wanted to go somewhere quieter but she didnt and thats what really told you you didnt deserve any of this not until you were prettier.
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Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC
ana
Ate again Was doing fine Ugh Its Not Fine Knew it Still did it **** Always the same **** Take a laxative Same step Every time But it works Again Fine, its fine Say it again **** Not fine
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Apr 21
Apr 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM UTC
Finefinefinefinefinefinefine
I was eight years old When you sat me down. You wanted me pretty enough to be sold. Not fat like a clown. "Just control your eating." I never took you seriously. Years of not competing. My silhouette anything but lovely. Until my image digusted myself. And your words echoed in my mind. So I began carving into something for a shelf. Knowing the road wont be kind. Yet, mother, you still aren't happy. With what I've become. Even after following your advice literally. "Its too light to weigh forty-one" What will it take to satisfy you?
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Apr 21
Apr 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM UTC
Satisfy.
Fifty One hundred Two hundred Purge One hundred fifty Three hundred Starve They go up Exponentially adding weight I don’t need it I don’t need the food I don’t need what will hurt me Calories add up more and more Maybe one day this will all not matter But now All I can do is count and count
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Apr 14
Apr 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM UTC
Calories
Pick it up. Put it back down. Move it to one side. Move it to the other side. Swirl it around like the endless thoughts that consume your mind, Preventing you from doing just that. Consuming. But whatever you do, don’t swallow. Pretend that you’ve already eaten. Pretend that drinking water will fill up the void that’s feasting on your fears. The void that’s getting bigger, as you get smaller. Pretend that the thoughts going on in your head can fill the emptiness inside. Pretend that the screams in your mind, filling the gaps where knowledge should be, are leading you to be a better version of yourself. A slimmer version of yourself. Don’t look at it, don’t think about it, don’t talk about it. Don’t touch it, don’t think about touching it, don’t tell anyone you’re not touching it. Don’t taste it and don’t smell it, or you’ll remember what it’s like to be satisfied. Don’t listen to people telling you to eat because the voices in your head are loud enough already. If you don’t think about what you’re missing, you don’t need it. Right?
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Apr 14
Apr 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTC
I DO(NT) NEED IT
my dear friend ana when we first met I was only 11 you were everything I wanted to be and more you told me you could help me be more like you you showed me your tricks you taught me to count and starve you gave me everything I dreamed of then you started taking. you took everything you were everything I dreamed of but at what cost.
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Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM UTC
Dear Ana
This heart aches deeply, and it feels like no one see's me. My worth is defined by a scale and an empty stomach, No, I can not love myself more when nobody else does... When did skinny become beautiful in my eyes, when did this chill feel so good, At what point did I romanticize this disordered mind, I'm flawed and hurt, incomplete. I stare into the mirror and see ugly and bad, a waste of space, a thing to be replaced... No, don't cry when I'm gone, don't shed a tear, I'll be fine- I just need someone to hear... It's been 2 days without food and I'm not good, but I'll cover it up and say I'm okay. Under 3 blankets and shivering, I become dizzy, I need to look as empty as I am inside, But don't mind me... I'm fine.
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Mar 31
Mar 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM UTC
Ode To My Pain
It's been 49 hours. 49 hours since... These inner demons ran rampant in my head, There's no escape from this coldness, The shivers continue as I lose size... This fear is shown in my eyes, My mind tells me lies, and I believe them. The pain in my abs from over-exercise, it hurts a lot, my heart is weary, yet I can't stop this. Just know "I ate" "I'm okay" "It's only 5 more days" My body is not okay, yet I still do this... When will I learn, now or never? Is there even a forever for me?
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Mar 31
Mar 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC
49 Hours.
I should eat, I should allow it, But the numbers float around my head... I wish I could lose, yet I wish I could be normal too. My brain is an anomaly to all who witness this... The calories control me and the emptiness holds me tight... Can I fight this? Will I win, these questions pester me within... This Brain wants me gone, and I agree, but no one else can see me, for me...
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Mar 31
Mar 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM UTC
(M)AN(i)A(C)
"Weigh yourself!! Starve" They say, There's an orb of Madness inside of me. Rinse & repeat, Rinse and repeat. "There's no time to eat!" The chaos takes over, These Symptoms consume me! "No way out, No way out! " "Are those feeble attempts done yet?" "you are mine to take, mine alone." My phantom roams. This soul is gone. "coward, you're a coward!" I continue on. "Sound the alarms, you're done!" Huddled masses in a corner, crying out in fear. Where can I go from here? "up, up, up! Those masses shout. "save yourself, hurry now!" Do I dare to take these steps? ....I must find myself.
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Mar 31
Mar 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM UTC
Starved 4(rom) Ana
There she goes The girl with anorexia Don’t get too close or she might Collapse right below your feet There’s the girl You heard shes anorexic She never has anything to eat There lives The girl suffering from anorexia You see the school councilors watching her at lunch There stands The girl who’s anorexic They all laugh at her and her sobs increase There lies The girl with anorexia It’s true yes Your words cut too deep And now she’s dead The girl suffering from not just food But your laughter When she was at her lowest There flies The little anorexic girl Youll be looking above us On our darkest times The girl with anorexia
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Mar 14
Mar 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM UTC
The girl with anorexia
and here you are, praying to a god that never learned mercy. whispering hymns, to the hollowness in your ribs like the emptiness is holy. here you are, kneeling at the altar of a god that doesn't exist, or maybe it does, but it has a death wish. of you, or of anyone who it kissed. here you are, thinking that the god that wants you dead, will get out of your head if you follow the rules that will slowly bind you to a hospital bed. and here you are, wishing that it will, cause maybe then it'll leave. but it won't, not unless you bleed, and the cuts will spread like a **** and suddenly.. suddenly you're kneeling again. here you are again. same altar, same candles. i'm watching you light them one by one hoping that your god will be gone, but it's not.. it never is. so here you are again, the same place i used to be, and i'm still standing in the doorway, hoping you'll join me today, but your god calls so you leave once again. and here am I again, begging you, like I used to beg the same god you kneel before now. please just come with me, i know the way out now.
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Mar 13
Mar 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM UTC
same altar
Tracing the shape of nothingness Im not starving myself into weightlessness Im perfecting my emptiness Something inside me is rotten, it tears me apart until there's nothing repulsive to care about no more Soon ill be lighter than grief Even the air will pass through me Flies buzzing past my ribs Soon be light enough to float And leave this body behind To rot
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Mar 11
Mar 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM UTC
Weightless
"Teachers know everything" "Teachers are always paying attention" "Teachers see everything" They can see you using your phone in class. They see you whispering with your friends. They see your grades falling. Though, they never seem to see why... No adult in school sees the child with bruises on her neck From a "loved one's" oh so loving grip. They don't see the child bleeding under their sleeve. Would they care if they did? Adults don't hear the child's stomach rumbling. This is his ninetieth hour. They don't read the note I wrote in class. The last thing I'd ever write..
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Feb 19
Feb 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM UTC
Teachers.
its working then? the starvation? the jeans there bigger way too big almost practically falling down people told me that I'm getting thinner I don't know if this is a call for help or a green light
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Feb 12
Feb 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM UTC
loose jeans
calorie counter counting your worth putting in numbers till you feel useless cookies turn into demons and cake turns into your worst enemy the numbers grow higher and higher and he tells you it needs to be lower he tells you you need to have under 100 a cup of berries turns into your "fuel of the day" and the meaning of "enough" is your jean size the measuring tape used for designing is taken and your old dance belt from your costume is used for progress once you finally get under 100 he tells you your good your getting good that maybe finally your enough to someone even though he hurts you and you cried on call to your ex for hours about it and she begs you to delete it you finally delete it its like loosing a best friend I didn't know where to turn I tried to use my calculator she made me put screentime limits on that too that's when you know it got bad I had a calorie counting journal she made me throw it away now that shes gone I resigned up for it your best friend is back sure your relationships rocky now but he tells you when your being too much right?
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Feb 4
Feb 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC
calorie counter
I remember it oh so well Thursday in early September I recall the 5th grade my day I always had 4 hours of dance id come home exhausted with no energy left upon me that evening in early September I came home almost passed out I needed something anything to help me that so happened to be the one week my parents had a bag of chips in the house unthinking of what I was doing I grabbed it and before I was able to take a bite my mom snatched it out my hands "what do you think you're doing? You shouldn't eat that" I didn't know what to think as she stared at me in disgust so later that night i looked up more stuff on body weight I saw the girls on Pinterest and thought wow I am disgusting then I saw it a list not just any list a calorie list before it would seem to slip my mind but in the moment it looked so magical marked on that list was grapes 5 grapes per meal and you'd be thin so that morning for breakfast I ate 5 grapes lunchtime hit instead of my pasta I brought 5 grapes dinner passed and I ate 5 grapes after the day was over I would dance I knew if I wanted to be pretty I'd have to exercise single pierrette not good enough again you'd fall and fall and keep on falling I needed to be perfect the days would pass breakfast 5 grapes, lunch 5 grapes, dinner 5 grapes people started to not notice anymore then I'd dance double pierrette you think you're any good? again you'd fall and fall and keep on falling weeks would pass you cut it down to 4 grapes 4 for breakfast, 4 for lunch, 4 for dinner you're getting thinner Georgia you're getting thinner then I'd dance triple pierrette you're getting good but not good enough again you'd fall and fall and keep on falling months past you cut it to 3 grapes 3 for breakfast, 3 for lunch, 3 for dinner people could start to see your ribs a bit better it's working then I'd dance quad you're finally getting decent Georgia keep going again you'd rehearse again and again until it was perfect you finally stuck it perfect you're getting good the voice echoed you followed it 2 grapes gia 2 grapes then you went 2 grapes for breakfast, 2 grapes for lunch, 2 grapes for dinner you didn't notice it yet but the grapes almost made you sick turn Georgia turn single double triple quad leap tilt jump again single double triple quad leap tilt jump just a little longer Georgia you can do it then you'd fall unconscious maybe this was bad maybe I should get help but wait this is good this is what you aimed for you were finally underweight the belt that once had holes remaining went in all the way without ******* my stomach in 1 grape Georgia one grape you cried you wanted more then one but the voice was screaming at you 1 grape Georgia you want to pretty? 1 grape so your day went 1 grape for breakfast, 1 for lunch, 1 for dinner there your friends were offering fruit, chocolate, anything don't take it Georgia there lying to you they want you ugly again the thought of being that way again was horrific I'm okay!!! And they believed you you got home and would turn, jump, leap, kick, reach you were finally good enough you moved up to the next level in dance that's it Georgia now you see that girl the beautiful one doing aerials? she must be 70 pounds you want to be like her no grapes there you were the voice controlling you you wanted to be like her stunning next day breakfast no grapes, lunch no grapes, dinner no grapes your parents wondered why you didn't bring any anymore you couldn't answer the question only the voice could you'd sit in the car ready for dance your dad would get in did you know your mother's best friend died of an eating disorder? It was random but it hit you they noticed the grapes in the fridge untouched yeah I know don't listen Georgia you're finally perfect keep on dancing single double triple quad tilt higher higher higher turn faster faster faster jump you'd collapse "Georgia would you like some grapes?" The voice screamed no no no no no youre finally perfect don't give up now I'm okay!! You'd come home that night email from dance teachers "she's great but she passed out I'm concerned she said she was fine" "is she eating" yes...grapes...
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Jan 5
Jan 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC
The day I decided to not eat TW ed
I remember it oh so well Thursday in early September I recall the 5th grade my day I always had 4 hours of dance id come home exhausted with no energy left upon me that evening in early September I came home almost passed out I needed something anything to help me that so happened to be the one week my parents had a bag of chips in the house unthinking of what I was doing I grabbed it and before I was able to take a bite my mom snatched it out my hands "what do you think you're doing? You shouldn't eat that" I didn't know what to think as she stared at me in disgust so later that night i looked up more stuff on body weight I saw the girls on Pinterest and thought wow I am disgusting then I saw it a list not just any list a calorie list before it would seem to slip my mind but in the moment it looked so magical marked on that list was grapes 5 grapes per meal and you'd be thin so that morning for breakfast I ate 5 grapes lunchtime hit instead of my pasta I brought 5 grapes dinner passed and I ate 5 grapes after the day was over I would dance I knew if I wanted to be pretty I'd have to exercise single pierrette not good enough again you'd fall and fall and keep on falling I needed to be perfect the days would pass breakfast 5 grapes, lunch 5 grapes, dinner 5 grapes people started to not notice anymore then I'd dance double pierrette you think you're any good? again you'd fall and fall and keep on falling weeks would pass you cut it down to 4 grapes 4 for breakfast, 4 for lunch, 4 for dinner you're getting thinner Georgia you're getting thinner then I'd dance triple pierrette you're getting good but not good enough again you'd fall and fall and keep on falling months past you cut it to 3 grapes 3 for breakfast, 3 for lunch, 3 for dinner people could start to see your ribs a bit better it's working then I'd dance quad you're finally getting decent Georgia keep going again you'd rehearse again and again until it was perfect you finally stuck it perfect you're getting good the voice echoed you followed it 2 grapes gia 2 grapes then you went 2 grapes for breakfast, 2 grapes for lunch, 2 grapes for dinner you didn't notice it yet but the grapes almost made you sick turn Georgia turn single double triple quad leap tilt jump again single double triple quad leap tilt jump just a little longer Georgia you can do it then you'd fall unconscious maybe this was bad maybe I should get help but wait this is good this is what you aimed for you were finally underweight the belt that once had holes remaining went in all the way without ******* my stomach in 1 grape Georgia one grape you cried you wanted more then one but the voice was screaming at you 1 grape Georgia you want to pretty? 1 grape so your day went 1 grape for breakfast, 1 for lunch, 1 for dinner there your friends were offering fruit, chocolate, anything don't take it Georgia there lying to you they want you ugly again the thought of being that way again was horrific I'm okay!!! And they believed you you got home and would turn, jump, leap, kick, reach you were finally good enough you moved up to the next level in dance that's it Georgia now you see that girl the beautiful one doing aerials? she must be 70 pounds you want to be like her no grapes there you were the voice controlling you you wanted to be like her stunning next day breakfast no grapes, lunch no grapes, dinner no grapes your parents wondered why you didn't bring any anymore you couldn't answer the question only the voice could you'd sit in the car ready for dance your dad would get in did you know your mother's best friend died of an eating disorder? It was random but it hit you they noticed the grapes in the fridge untouched yeah I know don't listen Georgia you're finally perfect keep on dancing single double triple quad tilt higher higher higher turn faster faster faster jump you'd collapse "Georgia would you like some grapes?" The voice screamed no no no no no youre finally perfect don't give up now I'm okay!! You'd come home that night email from dance teachers "she's great but she passed out I'm concerned she said she was fine" "is she eating" yes...grapes...
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the pain the hunger oh **** it hurts but it feels so good
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Jan 4
Jan 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC
hunger