You see her laugh
With all her friends
Her lips curled up
With her demand.
At lunch she giggles
With all the guys
But she looks at her plate
And her tears are hard to disguise.
They tell her how pretty she is
How thin she's become
And she's proud at this
She's the skinniest one!
At night she goes home
Looks into the mirror
Her smile fades
And her vision's gotten clearer.
Now she doesn't smile
She breaks down and cries
Why do these people
Tell her so many lies?
She is not pretty
Why do they tell her that?
She is not thin
She thinks she's fat!
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This
Reminds me of my friend Andee. He's anorexic/bulimic.
He passed out in the middle of lunch and they had to take him to the hospital. This is amazing.
You did a really good job with making everything flow in this poem.
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Her smile fades
And her vision's gotten clearer
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omg this poem almost made me cry...its sooooo amazing...my friend just got out of hte hostpital from really bad anorexia and this is alot like what she went through
but i htink sooo many girls go through the same thing every day and its sad. the stupid media forces us to be people and body types that we're not
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powerful and true.. many people see themselves as worse off then what they actually are...\
good luck in the contest -
Wow... That is so intense. I like the first and fourth verse. The last line doesnt flow as well as the rest, but its still good
Nice!
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Wow, so deep and I can feel the pain in this. I've hid behind the smiles of acting like I'm ok but it's hard.
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