Friday, June 1, 2018

Scales - poem

Scales
A little machine
Covered in glass
Make me scream in pain
as I stand on them. 
I hover at first
Just a toe at a time
Convincing myself of the worst. 
The number flashes up
My world caved in 
The lump in my throat swells
I can’t breathe
I feel sick and disgusted 
Out of control and bad
My mind gets more destructive. 

I stand on those scales and 
My worth is quantified 
Again
Twice in 3 days
Who I am, what I deserve 
My failures and flaws
Magnified because of the number. 
If I can’t even control my body
Or my weight
What I eat and drink
How can I possibly be able to do anything? 
Incompetent, a waste of space, useless. 
I was to shrink down  
To completely disappear 
My body is now my enemy
It doesn’t match my mind
I’m becoming desperate once again 
And I  feel resigned 
To the idea of a life free from this 
A future without ED 

Trapped, locked in, hopeless. 

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