Fully accepting yourself is not easy. In Poems of Recovery, Ananda openly shares her thoughts and feelings during the process of healing her relationship with herself and food. In this collection of poems, the reader is given an intimate and honest look into Ananda’s recovery. With her vulnerability, she hopes to give readers the strength and support to help them in their own journey of healing.
Eyes wide open and bright
The little girl just lost sight
Some more restrictions here and there
Suddenly you are in too deep to share
Thought it would go over with age
This destruction is like a cage
Had I known when I was fifteen
I would not have been so mean
Destroying my own body
To be thin for anybody
We are then years later now
And all this time did I never allow
Myself to eat enough
To be healthy, strong and though
This time I have to. make it through
If not for me, then for you
- I do it for the kid inside me
