BODY IMAGE Poem: Body, by Farah Bello

This body
This fat, fat, fat, fat, and FAT body
Am I meant to starve
“You’re like a bowling ball” They say

Well I try and try and try
Nothing works
What if I turn to throwing everything up
“Why aren’t you eating” She says

Weren’t you the same person saying im too big
220 the scale never decrease
NEVER
I was meant to starve

I was meant to be chained
No
Imprisoned in this Ugly body
I can’t look in the mirror

One second Im happy with what i look like
The next i want to cut it all off
The comments don’t get to me
Until its my mom

“Your so big don’t you ever feel ashamed of yourself” She says
Ah little does she know
I want it all to end
I want nothing to do with this fat body at all