Anorexia/Bulemia (Her Deadly Friends) Poem by Ray Lucero

Stares into mirror, can’t see her sallow face
Instead, she looks for signs of loathsome fat
Cruel lover said, “Your big ass is a disgrace”
Struck painful blow (the boy was no diplomat)

For solace she binged, ate everything in sight
Until guilt and low-self-esteem prevailed
Denied to all, she looked a deathly fright
For her common-sense had finally failed

Stomach acid ravaged a once great smile
A healthy body reduced to a bag of bones
Forsook family, for a self-imposed exile
Inner demons began to etch gravestone

Today, still courts her “Deadly friends”
Teasing death, until her young life ends


(I love you Sandra and pray for your recovery)

ROTMS