Ana
I want to tell you about someone
someone who knew me better than anyone else
someone who never left me
when I was at my worst
all the others left
but she stayed
a humble friend.
her name was Ana
ana told me she would make me happy.
ana told me sometimes to watch what i ate
she told me maybe i should lose some weight
that I shouldn’t finish what was on my plate
ana helped me feel in control
the empty pit in my stomach brought me comfort
yelling, growling for food
I felt euphoric
With Ana, I felt less alone.
ana gave me something to work for
an opportunity for success
for once, i was good at something
though my head felt quite dizzy
it was hard at first
skipping the foods i loved
but then it was easy
the game was simple;
i made sure the number on the scale went down by the week
and then I would cry myself to sleep
Ana was a constant in my life
she gave me a way to cope,
she told me,
she would make life less hard.
that nobody would love a fat girl
they would only break her heart
now i lay
in a hospital bed
a tube up my nose,
I’m being force-fed.
About this poem
A poem about my battles with anorexia as a young teenage girl.
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Written on October 08, 2022
Submitted by 1eahs on February 29, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,068 |
Words | 232 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 5, 4, 6, 6, 4 |
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