Consumption

Sesame seeds one by one
.6 calories a piece.
Ten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner;
And none in between.

Counting and counting,
Focal point of her life.
Do you know what
She's consuming with each bite?

That innocent snack
Wrecked her digestive tract.
Caused ten more tears.
Six more scars.

She noticed she bled less
As the weeks went on;
She noticed she couldn't rest
As the night bird sang his song.

She thought about the food she was deprived of;
And how the cravings used to make her drool.
No longer did she salivate
Because she knew what was in each molecule.

Her chest wasn't yet concave,
She had eight pounds to go.
Dwindling.
Withering.