Talking about themselves, <br />her friends never stop, <br />to think of her silence, <br />or how her eyes always drop, <br />when they mention fat, <br />when they mention weight loss, <br />how skinny that girl is, <br />how fat those girls are, <br />diet, diet, diet, <br />thinking in her head, <br />she laughs; <br />if only they knew, <br />if only they noticed, <br />when they mention my weight, <br />it is not effortless, <br />she thinks of the pain, <br />and laughs again, <br />if only they knew, <br />she was slowly dieing, <br />and was too tired to move, <br />because she was starving, <br />yet no, <br />they don't notice, <br />they call her lazy, <br />never stopping to wonder why, <br />'how is she so thin' <br />'she's so lazy' <br />she laughs at this once more, <br />if only they looked at her, <br />and noticed her ribs, <br />her hip bones, <br />her collarbones, <br />her eyes, <br />so full of tortured pain, <br />they would know what weight loss is, <br />what diet means to her, <br />and maybe, <br />just maybe, <br />they would realize thier weight, <br />is -just fine-...<br /><br />Maya Robena<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/effortlessly-thin-girl/
