Hiking

Today I was
Hiking and let
A friend
Take
A picture.
I hate
Pictures
I Analyze
Them.
I pick myself
Apart .
After the photo
I kept
Walking.
Don't
You want
To see
What
You
Look like?
My friend
Asks.
No.
I say,
I know
What I look
Like.
Old
Fat.
Yuck!
I reply.
We walk
In
Silence .
He turns
To me
And
Says,
Is that really
What you
Think
Of
Yourself?
I just don't
Take
Good
Pictures
I reply .
I want you
To look
At this
He says,
I am sending
This
To your phone.
Ok,
I respond
Walking.
Whatever,
I say under
My breath.
My phone
Beeps,
I look
At
The photo.
I gasp
And
Hold
My hand
To my
Mouth.
What??
My friend
Asks.
When did
I get so skinny?
And
Happy
And...
Pretty?
I whisper.
Still
Not
Believing what
I am seeing.
Christina,
My friend says.
This is how
I know
You,
Pretty,happy and thin!
How could you
Not see this?
He asks.
I ...
I was never
Aloud too.
I say.
Keep hiking
Girl, my friend
Says.
There is more
Of you
Just around
The
Corner .
As I start
Hiking
I start crying.
This trail
Has
Been so
Hard and lonely
I did
Not
Think
Anyone saw
Me....
Just
Hiking