Compete Like a Queen; Narrative Poem

She looked up at the ceiling,

Her new rips from last practice now peeling,

Her stomach was rumbling,

She had just been through four hours of tumbling,

She stands in front of her mirror,

Sucking in her abdomen to see the girl her coaches wanted clearer,

She goes and lays on her bed,

Shaking her head,

She needed to be thinner,

Tonight she will skip eating dinner,

She stands on the scale,

Not eating today was a fail,

She can no longer skip a meal and lose weight,

She can barely remember the last time she ate,

Thoughts of herself race through her mind,

She asks herself: “Will I soon be dead?”,

“Why do I do this to myself?” She wonders,

She will soon take an even deeper plunder,

She competes like a queen, 

Will Anorexia or another eating disorder kill this teen?

She slowly starts to wither away,

She has not eaten for one night and half of a day,

Her clothes begin to be larger,

Gymnastics was the girl’s starter,

She will lose five pounds, ten pounds, then fifteen,

With no energy, she can no longer compete like a queen,

By now, her friends and family become more and more scared,

She ignored their pleas, she it was obvious  she no longer cared ,

Without proper nutrition,

She begins a new mission,

She realizes what she has done,

She will not lose five pounds, ten pounds then fifteen;  she will lose not one,

From now on, she tries to help other girls,

That are dealing with the gymnastics whirl.