Heard

I heard what you said about me today.

Did those words feel close to home?

We are more similar than you think

I can picture you on the scale with tears in your eyes

I can see you sitting in front of a plate of food, with knots in your stomach

I see you within me

But I know me, do you know you?

Do you carry the pride of being a kind person on your back, 

Even though you want to die?

Then you aren’t truly me, not really

But I don’t see it in that way 

I see you as hurt

I see you as heartbroken 

I can feel everything you feel 

Every calorie counted, every pound weighed

Do you not see me within you too?

I heard what you said about me today, but I’m not going to let it hurt me

Rather, I will wonder

How hurt you could be too.