Baggy shirts and empty stomachs,
With each day that passes by
You have to tell another alibi .

Gaunt faces
Rib cages
Thigh g a p s
Hip bones
Cold finger tips
Ravenous kids
Refusing to let any calories pass their lips.

Smiling masks
Shattered hearts and slit wrists

Hiding every ounce of pain
What has this world come to?
Such a shame.

The seed is planted with envy and hate
Secretly being watered
Oops it’s far passed to late

Sprouting with every compliment
Perception of reality is twisted and bent

Bodies locked in a cage
Contemplating whether to go back
Or turn the page

Stepping on the scale
Hoping their was a loss of weight
The number displayed on the scale determines their fate.

High off their own hunger
One bite is all they long for,
They won’t though
Because they fear they may want more and more
Not eating is like their own personal chore.

Once this happens
Life will never be exactly the same
Sometimes it seems like a lion that can never be tamed

Although you may feel doomed at lost

There is hope
Just keep searching, you’ll find better ways to cope.

I know you’re waiting for someone to come unlock the door ,
but they don’t hold the key
You see,
You and only you can determine your destiny
And it is you that holds the key to recovery.