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Flowers Only Bloom If You’re Pretty

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Utah chapter.

Food is everywhere

At the store on the shelves

On my mind all the time

It is a good thing

That addition comes easily

Because I am always counting

How many calories are enough

To keep my head conscious

But my stomach screaming

And these lines from bleeding

And my thighs from touching

Only pretty girls can hold

Air between their legs

And have hipbones that

Protrude like daggers

And collarbones that swallow

The skin surrounding them

Please do not invite me to

Your holiday parties

Because my head will

Tell me to eat and then

Later shove my own

Fingers down my throat

You do not know desperation

Until you have spent hours

Crying because you

Saw your own reflection

I did not ask for this

I do not want it

But my head tells me that

Happiness is

Only found in bones

And flowers only bloom

If youā€™re pretty

Her Campus Utah Chapter Contributor