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eating disorder

Her Impression

August 15, 2013 by The Inside Press

By Matanya Harow

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Apples carved with numbers
Floating strands of hair
Lights are out
No one’s home
Sick because I care.
Mirror stands, triumphant
A liar to its core
Jumping jacks
Shaking knees
Nothing left to store.

Alone inside her head
All else wastes away
Fragile bones
Empty flesh
Starving day by day.

Parents, disregarded
Ruled by rules alone
Fearing food
Loving food
Self-control is shown.

And I’m her older brother
I witness from the side
Shouting fights
Tears of fear
Other things implied.

Family, torn apart     
Hospital, depression
Sneaky truths
Little tricks
Driven by obsession.

And I will not complain
Hide it all and cope
But it’s hard
And I’m lost
Left with only hope…
Only hope…
Hope…

Matanya Harow, 18, graduated high school in Israel this past June. His poem is about the impact of his sister’s eating disorder on himself and his family.

 

Filed Under: Speaking Your Truth Tagged With: eating disorder, Poetry

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