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My Body

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I’m killing myself
Killing myself
From the inside out
I’m living in the body that should
belong to someone else

I’m trying not to eat
I’m praying just to be pretty
Day after day
I’m dragging that scale out
Just to bring myself down

I do workouts
I try so very hard
But my body won’t change
And my heart’s making that sound

Whenever I feel alone
Whenever I long to fall in love
It’s something girls want
And I’m scared to death because

No one will fall in love with me
No one will ever care
I’m so focused on becoming pretty
that I’m sorry if I haven’t fixed my hair

I’m sorry I can’t talk to you
It’s just the way I am
The more you talk to me right now
Will tear my façade down

I’m scared because I’m alone
I’m scared because I hate myself
I’m scared because I want to be
Someone I’m not

I want to have bone and skin,
No muscle - no way
I want to be a pretty girl
Please don’t talk to me today

I’m scared you’ll leave me
For somebody else;
For a girl who has the body I want

Here goes nothing
Goodbye

Boom
Hey guys. So in case you haven't noticed from the poem title or whatever, I'm talking about my body and the way I look. I was never happy with my body, and this summer my whole attitude about it plummeted. I started eating less, and I would just workout about 3-4 times a week which was good for me. But plans started getting in the way, so I often had less time to workout. Even before this, I would drag my scale out in the morning and weigh myself. But now I weigh myself basically after I eat anything.
I don't really want to share my weight with you guys, but I guess it's okay. Before summer started I weighed around 153 pounds which was usual for me. But after school was let out, I had more time to be active and more time to do sports and camps and whatnot. I'll never forget losing 7 pounds (to 146) because I had never lost so much weight before. I was starting to feel more confident about myself, and I was starting to feel like this was going to be a good summer. The summer I was going to wear a bikini and feel confident in it. (Mind you I've never worn a bikini before.)
But camps started getting in the way and a drama program, too, so I never had that much time to workout by myself.
And today I gained back those five pounds, and I just started sobbing. I've never literally felt so depressed ever.
I know I'm probably obsessed with my weight, but it's something personal, and I needed to vent through literature.
The ending's pretty obvious; I hate myself enough that I would kill myself. But I never do because I know that things always get better.
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I have not yet read this, but I am faving it so that I can clean out my envelope as it is in the thousands. I will read this when I can. If I like it, I will keep it faved, and let you know. PLEASE DON"T RESPOND TO THIS COMMENT!