Jul 31, 2023
a bite of an apple
is all that she has eaten today
yesterday, a piece of toast
no butter, too many calories she can't afford
if she wants to be beautiful
she needs to be
less
the hunger used to hurt
but now
she finds solace in it
the aches bring a smile
to her pale sunken face
and she knows she has done well
she shudders passing by the mirror
she is fading into nothingness
but all that she sees is too much
"If only I had control"
she says,
"I didn't need that apple after all"
“less” - original by me
