Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the most beautiful one of all. 

Not you it says. Not you at all.

Just look at you, you look so fat.

Your stomach, sides, legs and back. 

Your stomach is huge, your sides stick out, your thighs are ginormous and in the middle they touch. 

You have stretch marks proving you are not skinny enough.




But Mirror, I don’t know what to do I want to be beautiful just like you.




Then starve you must, don’t eat so much. 

Count carbs and fats.

Food becomes a number and a chore and not a necessity to enjoy. 




Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the most beautiful one of all. 

Not you it says. Not you at all.

Just look at you, you look so fat.

Your stomach, sides, legs and back. 

Your stomach is huge, your sides stick out, your thighs are ginormous and in the middle they touch. 

You have stretch marks proving you are not skinny enough.




But Mirror, I took your advice. 

I stopped eating like you said.

Your voice is always in my head. 

I thought this would be enough to make you say I am beautiful. 




You listen well to instructions I give. 

Now starve and exercise if you want to live. 

Go to the gym for hours each day. 

Work off more calories than you consume and come back here, okay?




Okay I say as I am off to the gym. 

I push myself to the limit.

It is not enough until I have burned many calories and sweat until I pass out. 




Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the most beautiful one of all. 

Not you it says. Not you at all.

Just look at you, you look so fat.

Your stomach, sides, legs and back. 

Your stomach is huge, your sides stick out, your thighs are ginormous and in the middle they touch. 

You have stretch marks proving you are not skinny enough.

Mirror, I have again done what you said. 

I eat less and go to the gym. 

What more can I do to make you approve? 




You have been working very hard my dear.

But still it is not enough. 

My instructions this time may be a little rough. 

If you want to be beautiful you need to listen very well. 

Starving and exercise are good but not great. 

One top of that laxatives you must take. 




Days are spent at the gym and sick at home.

The laxatives they must work more. 

I step on the scale each morning to see. 

Just how much weight I have lost so I can be free. 

And when I am satisfied with the number I see, my goal becomes something lower.

I’ll show that mirror who I can be. 




Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the most beautiful one of all. 

Not you it says. Not you at all.

Just look at you, you look so fat.

Your stomach, sides, legs and back. 

Your stomach is huge, your sides stick out, your thighs are ginormous and in the middle they touch. 

You have stretch marks proving you are not skinny enough.




But Mirror I’m tired. 

I’m sick all the time. 

My hair is falling out and my skin is so dry. 

But your voice in my head is so strong and so wise. 

Whatever you say must be the truth, you would never lie. 

I cut into my skin to numb the pain.

All I want is acceptance to gain. 

I continue to follow the rules to a T.

Never thinking this is the person I would ever be. 




One day I wake up and decide this is enough. 

I don’t need to listen to the Mirror and this stuff.

I want to be healthy and happy and free.

I want to have friends and be able to just be me.

Exercise and laxatives I will use a lot less.

And eating, well that sometimes is a big mess.

I try to eat with nutrition in mind. 

My confidence again I try to find. 




Mirror, Mirror on the wall I want to live my own life.

I want to be happy, have joy, and be able to go out at night. 

I miss my friends and my hobbies that have been left behind.

I think it is time I listen to my wise mind. 




The mind that says you are beautiful and strong.

You don’t need the mirror to point out everything it perceives as wrong. 

You’re tall, you’re healthy, you can be full of energy and life. 

However sometimes your hair may just do what it likes. 

Even still, don’t allow those voices in your head to determine your path and dictate each moment. 

You have a full life to live and listen to everything I have spoken.