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fairydustwing
Junior Member

since 2002-12-02

Posts 17
U.K., London

0 posted 2002-12-04 01:45 PM

                 An Anorexic Ghost


When I was six and
                in hospital:
                      I saw the living dead.
The skeletal figure was
female: a gaunt face and
  paper thin skin, imprinted
    on my mind, an horrific image,
       her eyes were deep-set, dark and
             sunken, a face of the purest
Melancholy, fading into a
soul that was crawling away...
  I screamed in desperate terror,
   fled for my life, to mother,
       nuzzled my tear-stained face into
             her perfumed breast, prayed I was safe.
Later, I learned that the undead was alive!
she was sixteen and had three days
   to live, she was a person - she was dying.
        I struggled with my six-year-old mentality
           to understand what this meant, through
             infinite tears I locked her reality
                  into my mind, a first true
                     impression of death.
Her ghostly image still sits, frail and lost
in my head, a solid reminder of a mind in chaos -
       of a life cut with a stone and chipped too
          quickly away...

[This message has been edited by fairydustwing (12-05-2002 08:04 AM).]

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2002-12-04 02:00 PM

Whoa! You grabbed my interest and pulled it right to the end! What a life-altering experience! One that is obviously still imprinted upon your mind!

Very well written--and the content was spell-binding!

EA

Ethan Halo
Senior Member

since 2000-04-28

Posts 793
on the roof again

2 posted 2002-12-04 03:30 PM

frightening and gut-wrenching.
"a face of purest melancholy" was the line that stuck out for me...
that's a great description.

it's our struggle for identity that leaves us all unknown

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-12-05 12:19 PM

(big hugggssssssss) Oh Natalie, I went through this exact same experience, sweet friend, I was going through severe depression from the age of 7 to 12 and almost committed suicide believing everywhere I walked was a skeleton to me, then I faced Him after He pulled me back and He has changed my life ever since! (sigh) God Bless You, I send many angel hugs of comfort your way, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Natalie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

4 posted 2002-12-05 12:26 PM

Raw and painful words that send a powerful message across. Excellent work.

Sandpiper
Senior Member

since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

5 posted 2002-12-05 05:36 AM

Powerful images of her sadness--excellent!

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