Trivial Meanings

bread

Souls scream tales of self-induced pain in her head

Empty tooth marks in her bread

Across the table sit ignorant parents who still don't know

Not a single swallowed bite from the dough

Hungry is an adjective insufficient to describe

 The starvation dancing in her stomach like an ancient, jolly tribe

Fingers reaching for her plate,

A tired mind worrying about her weight

Fingers retract with the most powerful of wills,

Clenched together until the trembling stills

A shell of a girl runs to the toilet bowl

Weeks of no food taking it's toll

Nothing comes up

Yet the world's upside down

A shell of a girl, lying on the floor

The starvation finally reaching her core