Have you ever drunk cold water on an empty stomach?
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Felt the icy liquid make its way down your throat
settling nicely in the pit of your stomach
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Maybe giving you chills
and reminding you to eat something
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I used to live for that feeling
knowing that when I got the empty chills
of cold water hugging my insides
that I hadn’t eaten
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it felt like an accomplishment
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Feeling my stomach so empty
so cold and starved
that the water could fill me up
with one big gulp
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and for some twisted reason
that made me extraordinarily happy
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Isabella Walker
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Gold water is refreshing especially on a hot day.
You wrote this so well. I hate that I relate to it, but I do. This is such a beautiful, vulnerable poem. Loved it!