their journey
It being a test of
my strength
my endurance
my capacity for pain
is well known
But little is mentioned of
their strength
their endurance
their capacity for pain
For they may not have been sick
with what plagued me
but they did have me
my eating
my complaining
my crying
my suffering
my obsession
my needs
my wants
my hopes
my dreams
my failures
And in the end
i only wish i knew
that they had me.
About this poem
about all the people so often forgotten in the journey of an eating disorder. i am far from over with recovery, it’s yet to even start, but they have already gone through so much. i wish i’d let myself accept that they have me.
Written on November 27, 2021
Submitted by augustbluewald on November 27, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 13, 3 |
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