Bella Disorder - Better Off

She’s checking her eyes

For signs of perfection

Body of christ

Ribs poke through the neglection

Needed a sign of life’s lagging purpose

Found it in beauty

Unattainably perfect

Clean off the blood

Pour out some water

Healing the wounds

On the stomachs of daughters

Flesh falls off bone

Chew on the carcass

Rise from the ashes of the skinny and flawless

Can’t fix what’s fine

Gently she’s trying

The corset of life chokes her breath

Feels like dying

Pressure inside

Become close to nothing

Grow back to full

Temporarily something

Clean off the blood

Pour out some water

Healing the wounds

On the stomachs of daughters

Flesh falls off bone

Chew on the carcass

Rise from the ashes of the skinny and flawless

Bella disorder