Poetry

WARNING

To be me
Crying in the darkness
The thoughts won't let me be
They steal away my sleep
They terrify me!
It hurts to stay awake
I'm scared to close my eyes
I stare into the blackness
Slipping out of time!
The voices start to call me
The awful things they say:
"You're fat!", "You're dumb!", "You're ugly!"
I hear it everyday!
"Don't you think I know it? -
I'm the one who's me!
I live this life of torture -
I am, I know, I see!"
I'll cut - to shut you up!
Into my flesh I'll carve!
And as for being fat -
To silence you I'll starve!"
© REBEKAH SMITH November 2002.


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