Internal War

This is a war

I’m not sure that I’ll win.

I strive for this,

I strive to be thin.

I strive to beat the

pain from within.

I want to be happy, but

I’m afraid to eat.

Calories haunting, constantly

Poking at me.

Always on my mind,

I can’t escape.

Is being a prisoner to my own body

destined to be my fate?

-Raine