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White Ceramic Bowl
My reflection stares back at me from the water in the white ceramic bowl
I shudder at it
With glassy eyes and big crocodile tears rolling down my pale cheeks
I stand up and look in the mirror
I look away i can't bare to look at myself as someone who is not me
Bags around my eyes and hair falling out
I'm growing tired of myself
I can feel it coming again
That white ceramic bowl has become my home after every meal
Fingers down my throat and a cough here and there but never too loud because i wouldn't want anyone to worry
Count the calories of this and that
One more day you can make it
Your not hungry push it down
If you fail go back to your home
Home of my white ceramic bowl
TW: eating disorder
I have struggled with an eating disorder for a few years now. While I am doing much better now, at the time that I wrote this I grappled with starvation and purging a great amount. I want to bring awareness to eating disorders specifically for females. It is an improvement topic for me and it should be talked about more.