You Are Worth It

A Poem By Joy

I’m fat, I’m fat, I’m fat
That’s all I care to think
I want to get smaller and smaller
I want to rapidly shrink
I think my thighs are huge
My stomach has a bulge
But I can’t fight the urge,
The urge to indulge
Maybe anorexia isn’t for me
Maybe I should bulimic instead
Or maybe I should forget this idea that could become a sick obsession
And just go to bed
But I could lose so much weight
The side effects are dangerous
But I would have a body no one would hate
But it could spiral out of control and it might be too late
What do I do?
I can hear Ana and Mia calling to me
Saying, "Give in, we’d be the perfect three"
If I did give in, I’d give up my life
That’s just not worth it
I don’t want to die
But then I found a note
A note that changed my life
‘You are worth it’, it said
Out of sheer joy
I began to cry