Calorie counting
To you it's just the slip of your tongue,
"Just a joke" you say,
Just a passing comment,
But like a house of cards,
My body tumbles,
With every word, ever push,
The jeans fit a little looser,
The food starts looking like words,
The sugars starts tasting like guilt,
The braids go thinner,
The blood on my gown unexplained,
And as the clothes fit wearily,
I see the world a little blurrier,
And with every weight check,
I see a little less of the world,
Till i see none at all.
About this poem
This poem is about having an ED, specifically anorexia. It represents the thought process of a person suffering from said disease .
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Submitted by nidhatk1806 on November 20, 2022
Modified on March 30, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEFGHIGJKGLMN |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 476 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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