Shoulders like skulls of birds.
Hips like a hollow saddle.
Ribs like a cage.
Arms like sticks.
Turn down the cake.
The candy.
Said no to the food.
Cheeks like sunken lakes.
Fingers like knobby vines.
Legs like broken branches.
Swallowed more pills.
Threw up what she ate.
Slowly wasting away.
Size zero.
No waist.
No breasts.
No pain.
She is skinny.
Skinny is beautiful.
Thats what they say.
And so now she smiles.
Because you can see every bone.
Skin stretched taut.
Unable to carry children.
Wasting away.
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Dark Dreams and Happy Minds
شِعرThis is a collection of poems. They cover a variety of topics, suicide, self harm, family problems. Some happy ones are there. Just like in life there are some happy times, but a lot of sad ones too.
