For Sunday Scribblings on “Hungry“
Just twelve more to go
She promised herself
Just a few more pounds to lose
And they would stop clamouring in her head
The voices laughing
And the taunting
They still echoed
Through the playgrounds she had once known
And played until they drove her out;
Just twelve more to lose
She thought
Even as she lay starving on the bed
Twelve more, she whispered
As they rushed her to the hospital
Just twelve more, and I will finally be thin;
And the laughter will stop;
She was thirteen
And weighed twenty six pounds.
5 responses so far ↓
Jenifer // September 20, 2009 at 4:11 am |
WOW, so sad, but this is something that I am sure happens a lot. No child should feel they have to lose weight to fit in. Just makes me sick how kids can pick on each other. Parents should correct this behavior. I had chills reading your post!
Als Simmons // September 20, 2009 at 9:50 am |
I choose the same theme as well for Sunday Scribblings…
It’s hearbreaking!
Starving for Control
Rambler // September 21, 2009 at 2:57 am |
its always few more isnt it
Jane Doe // September 21, 2009 at 3:41 pm |
Such a powerful piece. A poignant example of the effect a society obsessed with beauty and being thin has on our young women. It’s so tragic.
Winnie the Poohi // October 8, 2009 at 11:59 pm |
Ah! Awesomely described! anorexia is so sad