Shadow in my Life

I feel like I am invisible.

Even though I know I am not.

I'm just another person on this planet living a life.

Yet, I am always so hard on myself.

It kills me to know that I am hurting myself.

It hurts most to know that I can't love myself.

I look in the mirror and see a pig.

I touch my stomach and I want to hurl.

I wear a mask everyday, and now it is stuck on me.

I am a happy person. I really am.

But this shadow lingers like a nasty cold.

and I'm stuck.