Elasticity (A poem by me)

Elasticity

I was doing yoga since I was 7. I was in gymnastics for 8 years, then I joined ballet.
Splits. Cartwheels. Balance with one leg all the way up in the air. Just name it.
'She's elastic! There isn't a bone in her body!' Is what I'd always hear people say.
'She's always dedicated to work her best.' My instructors would tell them.
Oh, I did my best alright. And it was painful.
'Well of course, it's painful. You're doing so much.'
I am first to admit that I am. But I mean pain.
'Sorry, I can't make it, I've got practice.'
I had to skip meals for days at a time. I'd stretch my muscles to their farthest content.
My toes would bleed from balancing on them so much.
I'd tell myself, 'again'. I began losing weight, thinking it was good for me; not as much weight on my feet.
I had lost days of sleep. My eyes always had bags. I always had to apply more and more makeup.
My schedule had to be elastic. School, yoga, gymnastics, ballet. Everyday.
But I didn't do it for nothing.
My poor mother. She was more dedicated than I was.
She was always the most flexible in her classes. The one with the perfect angle.
I just wanted to make her proud of me. To be like her.
She was an elegant woman. I had gotten no trait of hers other than flexibility.
My mother had developed a bone disease, it made her weak.
She couldn't dance; do a simple split. Eventually she couldn't even walk on her own.
I was always the wall flower. The girl with no skills. And I had nothing to prove myself to her with.
I developed anorexia. I was getting weaker by the day. I couldn't dance anymore.
My schedule was elastic; pills, tests, tubes, sleep, pills. Everyday.
Like mother, like daughter.

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