Eyes littered with bruises,
spine protruding out to
greet the nearest object
with a painful twist.
Tears dripping down in a
soft motion,
barely audible,
barely visible...
barely there.
Pillow soaked with
tears of heartbreak
and lost salvation...
of paradise<
and dreams.
Her body screams
back in it's
monotone,
"Please just eat
something.
Anything."
Eyes cloudy,
fingers shaking violently,
and her body threatening
to collapse.
Praying,
screaming,
shouting
for protection...
from the cold,
from the scale,
from herself.
"Surrender.
Your goal is long since
lost.
There's no point in
fighting anymore."
Eyelids falling as
lashes meet lashes,
faded mascara mixing together
to form the color
of cigarette ashes.
Combing through
quickly thinning hair,
and peering down at the brush
only to see
the hair she once
prided herself for;
duller...
more destroyed and
sullen than ever.
And she prays to herself
night after night,
"One more day in
paradise,
I can finally let go
tomorrow...
One more day of
lost salvation,
I can return to paradise
when I'm finally good enough."
The scale gleams up at
one-four-four,
and she frowns as
the tears well up inside
her chest.
Never small enough to
make herself disappear...
No where near good enough
to evaporate.
Not even their prayers can
save her now.