my monsters take advantage of me
they devour the food i don't eat because i'm not skinny enough
quenching their thirst with the tears that stain my pillow because i'm not pretty enough.
my parents always checked for the monsters under my bed
but they really should have paid more attention to the ones in my head.
the ones that convinced me i'm not skinny enough
the ones that convinced me i'm not pretty enough
because those are the monsters that did the real damage.