{"id":99249,"date":"2021-06-27T00:32:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T04:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=99249"},"modified":"2021-06-27T00:32:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T04:32:58","slug":"hour-16-the-diet-image-prompt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/hour-16-the-diet-image-prompt\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 16 – The Diet (image prompt)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cw: this poem contains mentions of unhealthy eating habits that may trigger readers who have eating disorders or have suffered from eating disorders. If you struggle with eating disorders or suspect you might have an unhealthy relationship with food, please contact a nutritional health care professional.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel empty<\/p>\n

Finally<\/p>\n

As though I am not full<\/p>\n

A pang of hunger stirs me<\/p>\n

And twisted pride burns like coal.<\/p>\n

I need to eat something<\/p>\n

To keep from passing out<\/p>\n

But as long as I drink water<\/p>\n

I’ll keep the calories out<\/p>\n

And finally be thin enough<\/p>\n

Thin enough at last.<\/p>\n

This is enough for 3 days<\/p>\n

If I pace it out<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

I couldn’t stop the monster<\/p>\n

It rose up again.<\/p>\n

It ate both of the fruit in whole<\/p>\n

My count is in the hole<\/p>\n

Finger down the gullet<\/p>\n

Because now I just want<\/p>\n

Cake<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Feeling empty sucks<\/p>\n

But it’s better than reality<\/p>\n

Than being fat and ugly<\/p>\n

I just wish I could escape<\/p>\n

The monster who makes me binge.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

I told my doctor what the monster did<\/p>\n

And she hugged me<\/p>\n

She brought me a granola<\/p>\n

And wrapped me in a blanket,<\/p>\n

Dialing a number to<\/p>\n

Hunt the monster down<\/p>\n

She didn’t let me leave<\/p>\n

Until I choked it down.<\/p>\n

And asked me to tell her<\/p>\n

How food made me feel.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

I cried for hours after<\/p>\n

I felt so much safer.<\/p>\n

The monster is still there<\/p>\n

Waiting in the mirror<\/p>\n

But my doctor helped me<\/p>\n

Learn how to lock it down.<\/p>\n

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