thin

i swear

i'll be beautiful

just give me a week

to show you my gums

bleed

burning

with regret, but

it's all i can see

this imperfect mirror

hiding

a perfect girl

watch my

confidence shrink,

watch my

bones unfurl, and

i swear

i'll be beautiful

just give me a month

to show you i've

won

three sizes

undone, but

i still can't have fun

this perfect mirror

hiding

an imperfect girl

watch my

flesh disappear,

watch my

apathy whirl, and

i swear

i'll be beautiful,

just give me a week

i swear

i'll be beautiful,

gums start to bleed, and

i swear

i'll be beautiful

just give me a month

i swear

i'll be beautiful,

three sizes undone, and

i swear

i'll be beautiful,

just give me a year

i swear

i'll be beautiful

when i disappear.