Literature
What Ana Mia says.
She tells me I'm fat.
She tells me I'm disgusting to look at.
She tells me only she knows how to make me beautiful,
But only if I do everything she says.
She tells me to stop eating;
The less I consume, the more she consumes me.
She tells me the pain I feel in my gut just means it's working.
She tells me if I eat, I'm ugly and a failure;
Unless, of course, I throw it up,
Because then the ugliness will leave me.
She tells me I need her to feel beautiful,
That if I don't listen to what she says, a man will never want to look at me,
My family will never be proud of me,
My friends will be disgusted by me,
Strangers will cringe when