Words are Knives

eat

i'm not allowed to eat.
i'm not allowed to think.
i'm not allowed to breath
smile
live.

i'm not allowed to eat.

i'm too fat anyway,
the black i always wear hides the extra.

hides what i need to get rid of.

i don't eat today, tomorrow.

i feed on yesterday.

my stomach devours itself
and my mind grows on the pain,
i don't learn from yesterday.

i use it.

it's the only thing i have left.