I can't eat anything strong
So I won't I don't
I don't eat
I'm not allowed to eat what I can
So I won't so I don't
Instead I dream
I boil the water and steep the leaves
I hold the cup tight it burns my hands but I don't feel
Or I don't care I can't tell the difference anymore
When the warmth fades I tip the cup
But no satisfaction comes
Only look not a drop
I watch as the thing that once gave me calm council hope happiness flows down the drain trapped in an unending spiral downwards now washing what it once gave me away with it what's left is the bitter smell of things lost my family calls me to eat but I tell them I'm not hungry they can tell I'm lying but they know I won't answer she scolds me for the weight I lose but I don't care I finished trying, I take my blows stand and wait for another, freedom is a lie we enslave ourselves to one another
We are
Chained
To
The
very
last
drop .