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The Human Diary
December 23, 2020
What you don’t see
The human diary
The pages she keeps of her dreams
Are not nearly as angelic as they seem
You’d think it’s a lie
When she tells you she’s cried
Perfect patterns of tears
Falling gently from her eyes
There is no lie when she tries to be
The happy
Go-lucky
Girl everyone loves
No one knows
Putting on a mask
Putting on a show
Putting on weight in an empty attempt to feel full
But don’t complain to me
When you realize there is no lie in
What you don’t see
© Alexa B., Boerne, TX
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This piece is about the efforts made by a girl to hide an eating disorder. The girl on the outside is picture perfect as she sucessfully hides her inabillity to control her eating.