Oh To Be Skinny (part one)
I like to eat I like the taste I hate calories I hate the weight I go to school with an empty lunch box No one knows its empty Lunch comes Im starving No your just bored because your at school I tell myself One of my friends asked wheres your lunch Im not hungry I lied A lot Im starving my stomach growling I havent eaten all day The next day comes Still an empty lunch box and stomach Although this time Im not hungry I got used to it I got used to hunger The pain The dizziness The stars when I sat up or got up It felt euphoric Third day rolled around and one of the boys called me fat I laughed it off and pretended I was fine I wasnt fine But I was encouraged to keep starving One of my friends walked past me I wish I was as skinny as her She was healthy and skinny She didnt have to work to be skinny Why cant I be skinny like her Just why My flabby stomach and big thighs hold all the weight I wish I could cut it off Maybe then Ill be skinny The more I looked at my friends the more I realized how they are all skinny and pretty I was the opposite Flabby stomach and ugly Maybe I should workout Yes I did sports But it wasnt enough I needed MORE
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