OCD in a Poem

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 IT TOTALLY CONTROLS ME,</div> <div> I YEARN TO BE BETTER AND TO BE SET FREE.</div> <div> “GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE!”, I WANT TO SAY,</div> <div> BUT THIS THING IS STUBBORN, IT WON’T GO AWAY.</div> <bR> <div> SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN, I HAVE TO WORRY,</div> <div> THINGS ARE RACING THROUGH MY HEAD, I HAVE TO HURRY.</div> <div> CHECKING THINGS AND READING THIS AND THAT,</div> <div> WISHING TO BE SKINNY, BUT KNOWING I AM FAT.</div> <bR> <div> FEELING SO LONELY, I NEED TO CRY,</div> <div> FEELING SO SAD, I WANT TO DIE.</div> <div> WASHING MY HANDS, TILL THEY’RE RAW & SORE,</div> <div> AVOIDING LIFE’S SITUATIONS MORE & MORE.</div> <bR> <div> AFRAID OF PEOPLE, AFRAID TO DRIVE,</div> <div> AFRAID OF DYING, AFRAID TO BE ALIVE.</div> <div> AFRAID OF KNIVES, AFRAID TO COOK,</div> <div> DON’T TRUST MY EYES, AFRAID TO LOOK.</div> <bR> <div> LIFE NOW IS SO HARD, I WISH AGAIN I WERE SMALL</div> <div> THINGS WEREN’T SO SCAREY, then, I WASN’T AFRAID TO FALL.</div> <div> GROWING UP ISN’T EASY, I’M AFRAID TO MAKE A MISTAKE,</div> <div> THIS THING IS HARD TO BEAT, I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH I CAN TAKE.</div> <bR> <div> “<U>TAKE</U> <U>YOUR</U> <U>MEDICINE</U>,” THEY SAY WITH A SIGH,</div> <div> IF YOU WANT TO GET BETTER, DO MORE THAN TRY.</div> <div> I KNOW I MUST DO THIS, My OCD I HAVE TO BEAT,</div> <div> MY CHILDREN NEED ME STRONG & WELL, THEY ARE SO SWEET.</div> <bR> <div> I WANT TO BE NORMAL, I WANT TO FIT IN,</div> <div> I WANT TO BE HAPPY, WORRY-FREE & THIN,</div> <div> I WANT TO BE THE BEST PERSON & MOTHER I CAN BE,</div> <div> I WANT MY KIDS TO BE HAPPY & PROUD OF ME.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>