It started off as a diet
'I'll lose a few pounds'
I said to myself
it was easy at first
and the pounds came off
A few weeks later
I stood naked
looking in the mirror
6 pounds off
and I was doing well
'I'll just lose a bit more'
'then I'll stop'
before I knew it
I'd lost a stone
but I'm still not happy
It wasn't that I was ever fat
I just wanted to be thinner
I started cutting out food
obsessively counting calories
then I skipped meals
I didn't eat breakfast
and I forgot to eat lunch
'Ill grab something for dinner'
I said to my Dad
but I didn't eat dinner either
As the months went by
I got thinner
my friends asked questions
'I'm not ill, I've eaten'
that's what I'd say
I'm dizzy, I'm tired
but I strive for perfection
to be that bit thinner
my bones stick out
my clothes don't fit
Standing naked in front of the mirror
I can see my ribs, my hips
and my collar bone.
My spine and my shoulders
they stick out too
This is no longer diet
it's my way of life
it's not that I'm fat
I just want to be thinner
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Written March 26th, 2006
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awesome
...whoa....AMAZING poem. moving. i can picture all of this... almost to the point where it's giving me the chills. well written and it has a great flow. i can relate to this...i've been through this... touching, deep, and true poem... great job.
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MM, my life story here. *sighs*
Nena, you did a wonderful job writing this.. you captured emotions in this piece that cant be felt, unless you yourself are going threw them. *nods* Ive been there *points up* still am there 
Wonderful job.. bravo!
~Chrissy
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Great poem, it flows so well even though it doesn't really rhyme. It's well written and I like it
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yeah, woah. Amazing poem
it flows really easily and your expression of facts and feelings (though little emotion) is clear. I can really relate with this. Very touching. It doesn't seem like a first in months' poem at all. It's great. Of course the way of life isn't great. And transition process from there to recovery is so hard 
but really, it's a great poem chin up, frogz xxxxxx
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excellent
woah. this is very moving. and you can feel whats going on. very well written. is this what you are going through? i hope not. ive been through this. its not good. reall good job.
--chantel
blessed be
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