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I am Ana

and as the blood rushed,
rushed from my head, from my arms
falling into the chair to watch
yes i am watching myself,
watching myself starve

no, no i refuse!
i refuse to give in to my weakness
the strength that is reedy
the strength of knowing
of making
of feeling yourself
waste away, of fainting

so i throw the bowl,
the plate, the fork of poison
you try to shove down my throat in jealousy
you are just angry because

i am
i am better than human

i am ana

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  • Midnite-Rae
    February 23

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    This was a powerful poem. I love the " I am better than human" line. I like it because with "ana" you tend to have no control and you want to be perfect, but while being human, perfect is technically impossible, so if you are perfect, you aren't human. Sorry, I'm going off... but over all it was a pretty good poem, there could have been a little more imagery in the beginning though. Keep up the good work.