A thinning battle

The girl,
she is so hungry...
But she sees herself as fat.
Because her boyfriend told her so,
she will believe just that.
At the lunch table she sits,
refusing a bite to eat.
She knows this is not right,
but she cannot take truth's heat.
I come along and I sit down,
while homework she hides behind.
She's not eaten lunch
for 2 whole weeks,
I can't pretend I'm blind.
I ask,
What's up? Why aren't you eating?
You must be hungry now.
She answers,
No I ate before,
But in her mind she is cow.
She comes over my house,
and she's eating like a bird.
I can't take seeing her like this,
her habit , it's absurd!
Over the next few days at school,
I tell my thoughts to a friend.
We both decide to say something,
not notice, we won't pretend.
We confront my friend about it,
but she denies our every word,
She says I'm fine, I'm not hungry,
But we're determined to be heard.
One day at lunch something
just snapped,
her denial, I couldn't take anymore.
I was so angry and most of all sad,
I walked right out the door.
I stood by my locker,
not wanting to talk to anybody.
But then my friend came after me,
I said,
Something has to be done!
She said,
I told you I wasn't hungry
it's not like I'm hurting anyone.
I said,
But you are hurting yourself!
What will it take for you to see?!
She said,
I'll stop when I'm thin enough,
but I'm not sure when that will be.
Fine, I said. Do what you want,
but I'm not just standing by.
Your boyfriend tells you that your fat
listen to me, it's a lie!
With that I walked away,
and left her standing there.
She caught up with me later on,
when she stopped me I just stared.
She said,
If I eat a salad for lunch,
will you stop being angry?
I said,
Perhaps, I'll believe it when I see it,
but why can't you just believe me?
She said,
I just want to look nice for him,
please tell me, is that so wrong?
But a couple days later
they broke up,
she knew I was right all along.
Thank God she overcame this,
I was hoping that she could.
I'm just glad I could help her.
Any good friend would.

This is dedicated to an extremely good friend of mine (She might not want her name said) who, last fall, thought she was fat and would hardly eat anything. Everything in this poem tells exactly what happened between me and her. Today, she knows she's not fat, and she knew that she had made a mistake in thinking that she was. This is also dedicated to anyone who has an eating disorder. Please, stop. You hurting not only yourself, but your loved ones around you. If you have a problem, tell someone who you trust. They can help. If you want to lose some weight, starving yourself is not the way to do it. It's unhealthy, and even though you might not think so, it's very dangerous. My friend really scared me when I saw this happening to her. Thank God it didn't get serious, but I know that it could have. So please, never starve yourself to be thin.