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Reflected Light

June 4, 2019
By Anonymous

Although my eyes are fine, my mind impairs the sight,

The window pane seems fair to me, the looking glass surreal,

Eternal war against myself along reflected light


No longer trust the image, it is different every night,

I walk a desert, the mirage a glittering ideal,

Although my eyes are fine, my mind impairs the sight


It’s devastating to not know your very wrong and right,

A flower plain where every plant shares one appeal,

Eternal war against myself along reflected light


Touch every particle of sand, my fingers they ignite,

It wails, I do not flinch, but listen with a zeal,

Although my eyes are fine, my mind impairs the sight


My upturned head sees darkness albeit the sun shines bright,

I’m bleeding out, but I refuse my right to heal,

Eternal war against myself along reflected light


This arid death, I clench the earth with all my might,

Yet every time I hear a sound I follow it and kneel,

Although my eyes are fine, my mind impairs the sight

Eternal war against myself along reflected light


The author's comments:

This piece is about my experience with body dismorphia, when I was going through anorexia. It talks about not being able to trust yourself or your body, and blindly grasping at ideals published by the media and set by other people.


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