i look in the mirror
within the shallows of my soul
and i do not recognize this person
who is looking back at me

this person who wears pain
as a heavy foundation for her face
with the sickening contours of her hollowed cheeks
where she's missed too many meals

and her lips?
they tremble from
all the nights she's spent
shouting your name into her pillow
for she wonders
why wasn't she enough for you