Anna tries on her new dress
she just bought at the store
because she lost five pounds
and plans to loose five more

She tries it on two weeks later
to see how it fits
she lost the weight she wanted
but still hates her hips.

She looks in the mirror
and makes a silent vow
to loose ten more pounds
although she doesn't know how.

Soon the compliments came
she lost even more weight
everyone tells her
that she looks great.

Anna looks in the mirror
the dress no longer tight
she smiles to herself
thinking she must be doing something right.

She makes up her mind
to loose a little more
to eat a little less
and go back to the store.

She wants another dress
in a smaller size
but first she must reduce
the size of her thighs.

Anna plans it all out
has it under control
can't wait to loose more weight
so she can put on a show.

Everyone gathers around
coming over, standing near
but what they are saying
is not very clear.

They tell her to stop
they say she looks great
they tell her she does not need
to loose any more weight.

Anna does not listen
to what they have to say
she says it is her body
and she will do things her way.

As her weight continues to drop
she doesn't seem to see
that her life is not the same
as it used to be.

Her entire life was changing
it began to fall apart
she wants to end the madness
but does not know where to start.

Anna ate a little less
each and every day
all she could think about
was how much she wanted to weigh.

She then made up her mind
to loose just five more
and then she would stop
this, she swore.

But it was too late
she was no longer in control
something had taken over
and it was beginning to show.

Anna was not the same girl
that she had once been
she no longer spent time
having fun with her friends.

She looked in the mirror
and saw fat face, belly and thighs
she told herself she was okay
living a life full of lies.

Anna was all alone
there was no one around
to pick her up
when she hit the ground.

She did not understand
why they did not stay
she never wanted
things to be this way.

All Anna wanted
was to loose a little weight
she wanted to turn back time
but it was too late.

Her entire life was taken over
too late to go back now
her life was almost over
and she didn't understand why or how.

Anna looked in the mirror
the image changed before her eyes
she no longer cared
about her hips, belly or thighs.

What she saw in the mirror
was a girl wasting away
bones sticking out
skin milky gray.

Anna fell to the floor
and began to cry
she wanted to be thin
but she did not want to die.

Anna cried out
her friends came back around
they put their arms around her
and picked her off the ground.

Anna wanted to be thin
thin at any cost
but is she had continued to loose
her life would have been lost.

Copyright © 2010 by Jenna Young