You hear them

Names in textbooks, thrown around

Anorexia, Bulimia, EDNOS

People don't understand

Why not eat? food is yummy

It is not about food at all

it is a way to deal with life

to deal with the peer pressure,

the stress of school and wanting to be good enough

and disordered eating, is not

the way to go.

no one tells you

what is going to happen

how a demon will get inside your mind

torture you with thoughts of how ugly you are

until you want to lay down and starve

or dance until 4 am

or obsessively count calories because you feel "fat"

ana is not going to make you

beautiful or smarter or

skinnier, she is going to

steal away your  happiness

your freedom

your friends

everyone who you care about

whether it is ana, or another disorder

they make you choose

them or life?