if only this helped

some days she doesn’t eat:

“i’m not hungry” she says,

her stomach disagrees.

“i ate too much in school”,

“i ate too much at home”.

some days she runs a little more:

“i can do this much” she says,

her feet are sore,

they are neatly decorate with blisters

and painted over by the crimson red

she blames her weight gain over

every 28 days.