Poisoned

The Poison in my Mind

Anorexia poisons my mind

With lies and false promises

Doing everything possible

To turn my life

Upside down.

Anorexia steals my job

Threatens my relationships

Vies for my life

Infiltrates my thoughts;

Tells me that if I eat

I am will no longer have control,

If I put on weight

And am no longer skin and bone

I will never find inner peace

True self-trust and reliance,

That if anyone knows of my struggle

It will reveal my weakness …

When in fact

The opposite is true.

I can see this now

Even though the poison

Still courses through my veins

And I am not yet free;

I must fight one battle at a time

And lean into support

Instead of away from it

Like anorexia says.