Have you ever been so hungry that your stomach is empty

Really and truly and completely empty

So empty that when you're on your knees, heaving into the grass nothing comes up but acid

Acid that burns your throat

Has your throat ever burned so much that you felt like it was raw

Raw and bleeding

Blood on your tongue and the only thing you feel like you've drank all day

Have you ever bleed from everywhere at once

Nose, mouth, vagina, fingers, wrists

Bleeding, sitting, shaking all alone

Have you ever been so all alone that you were hungry

For love, validation, acceptance

Even hatred, ridicule, and spite

Have you ever been so hungry?