In deze gedichten bundel verteld Ananda de jager (1993) over haar strijd met haar eetstoornis. De kleine gedichtjes bieden herkenning, hoop en inspiratie.
Jezelf volledig accepteren is lastig. In “Poems of Recovery“ deelt Ananda haar gevoelens en gedachten tijdens haar herstel proces. Hieronder een van de gedichten uit haar boek.
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
