You see pretty

06 May 2014

·menoh

So yea, you see pretty Smiles and charm, Wit and woo You see slender, you see pretty How together, how smart Confidence, brains and balls, Yea, you see pretty But damnit I see ugly, I see the reflection I hate, The bones and angles, Body horrible and used, Tainted and scarred And scared. You see the mask, The lie for the world, Flirts for attention, For affirmation, Validation in existence. I see my story, The chapters I hate Characters developing from nothing …into nothing… A footnote, a blip In the tale you find pretty, Yea, you see pretty.

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I am a button pusher. I stir up trouble. It is what I do. I live in the borders between light and dark. I can write about beautiful things, and joy and love, but I find I am more creative when i write about the dark. I love to hold a mirror up to the...

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