Depression and Suicide Quotes and Poems, Book 2!

39.

There once was a young girl with green eyes who wore her soft bond hair in braided piggy tails.

At the age of seven,
She watched her older sister
Stand in front of her mirror before school and pinch her stomach with a disgusted face.
Neither of them ate breakfast that morning.

At the age of nine,
She watched her older brother
Make fun of a girl with glasses
For reading on the bus.
Later that day,
She went home and hid all her books in the attic.

At the age of twelve,
She watched older girls at school
With straight hair and short skirts
Put makeup on in the bathroom
And discuss how boys would only like you if you were perfect.
Like them,
The next day she arrived with red lips, short shorts, and no braided piggy tails.

At the age of fourteen,
She watched her father hit her mother for the first time.
Her mother cried when she saw her standing in the doorway and told her daddy didn't mean it.
The next year,
She told herself that her boyfriend didn't mean it either.

At the age of sixteen,
She was paper thin and empty
With straight blond hair, red lips, purple flesh, and lifeless green eyes.
While staring at her reflection in the bathroom mirror
She thought to herself,
"At least I'm normal"
-m.k.