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Someone said i should post this
By A poet of madness
I feel phantom fingers
Touch me
From days long gone
They scratch
And pick
At old wounds
That refuse to heal
I beg for release
But I know
I'm forever a prisoner
These phantoms
Laugh and poke and prod
Until something finally gives
It's always my appetite
The weakest link
It sneaks up on me
First I forget a meal
Then I realize
It has me
And all the hatred in my head
Tells me I'm not good enough
I'm not thin enough
I'm not pretty enough
I'm not enough
Enough
ENOUGH
I don't know who
Put these thoughts here
But I'm not giving in
I want to
Oh believe me
To get lost in that delirium again
I would love that sweet sorrow
Til it sucked the marrow from my bones
But I've watched
And I have
LEARNED
It's insidiously small
At first
But it grows as it eats
Like a cancer
Killing you because you refuse
To fight those ideas
That some
Asshole
Put in your head
Enough
I am enough
I am not who I want to be
But I know that if I give in to you
I never will be
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Copyright 2018 A poet of madness
Published on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
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On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, flawofthepoet
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wrote:
I'm glad you posted this. I think a lot of people can relate.
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On Thursday, August 30, 2018, I IS ME
(380) wrote:
This piece can be taken in other ways, but we get the eating thing. Just believe this is but one of a many demons that people face. Please stay strong and continue to write it out
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On Wednesday, August 29, 2018, Just Dave
(448) wrote:
Wow. You have an eating disorder. I'm more than one person. So very different yet the same.. You can't let the beast even take a peak inside. Reminds me of that saying, If you hear it's voice it's already too late. Great write. JD
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