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The Girl of Skin and Bone
February 9, 2011
There she is;
the girl of skin and bone.
Standing there all alone.
She looks into the mirror;
Disgusted at the reflection looking back.
She's ready to crack.
The tears fall;
like razor blades.
Her confidence quickly fades.
To the world she's beautiful;
inside and out.
Losing weight is all she's worried about.
Growing weaker each day;
lack of food will be her downfall.
Soon she'll no longer stand tall.
Starve yourself to be 'perfect';
what a morbid thing to do.
What truly matters is what's inside of you.
© Krystal B., Bloomingdale, IL
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This article has 2 comments.
secrets_of_silence GOLD said...
on Aug. 2 2011 at 5:03 pm
so so so so very true
MumblingMelanie DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2011 at 6:24 pm
I truly like it. It's not necessarily an uncommon message, but one that needs to be told until the world understands.
And your "Author's Comment" is very sweet. :) Thank you for writing this!
