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Can you see the lie written all over my face?
Strange to be on top of my thirties
and have the look of one fresh out of high school
I admit
It gives me reason to feel good
When I look in the mirror
I realize how it must expand my options
In finding other lovers
But on the whole
Its a bit of a curse
People see someone young
and they treat you accordingly
Then when they hear a person of experience
speaking through this young girls mouth
It's obviously uncomfortable
You can see the moment the mind is thrown off balance
Where the reality doesn't match the perception anymore.
Usually followed by some trite remark
"You should smile more...you're so pretty when you smile."
*sigh*
Mostly, I play the part
I put on my silly mask and girlish charm
and play the clown for everyone
Now what they see is what they get
Sometimes I think I even manage to convince myself
and sometimes
I wish I could be as alone as I feel
At least then I could be just me
In the solitude of my own company
Published 3rd Feb 2011
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3rd Feb 2011 9:52pm
I know what you mean! Either be yourself or be what makes everything run smoothly enough to get situations out of your way quickest. I do the 'clown' all the time, too.
you always communicate feelings in such an easy way, it's a pleasure reading you.
you always communicate feelings in such an easy way, it's a pleasure reading you.
3rd Feb 2011 11:34pm
as an eighteen year old
who is sometimes mistaken as twelve
I know how you feel.
I often stare into the mirror and wonder
if my inner child is so very wild
that it will never come in to play
and I'll be stuck
with a look to young
For the words you'll hear me say
Until my very last day
People will be pointing the way
To the sandbox
who is sometimes mistaken as twelve
I know how you feel.
I often stare into the mirror and wonder
if my inner child is so very wild
that it will never come in to play
and I'll be stuck
with a look to young
For the words you'll hear me say
Until my very last day
People will be pointing the way
To the sandbox
21st May 2011 9:42pm
Well now, this definitely rings true for me! I know it sounds a bit odd, but it's part of the reason I stopped wearing contact lenses and started wearing specs all the time :) People are such morons, they're actually convinced that glasses make you smarter!
Your matter-of-fact delivery is really effective here. Each stanza follows a single idea and they're put together in a logical way, which makes reading very easy and the content of the words sinks in so quickly you don't even notice -- your subtlety is impressive.
Your matter-of-fact delivery is really effective here. Each stanza follows a single idea and they're put together in a logical way, which makes reading very easy and the content of the words sinks in so quickly you don't even notice -- your subtlety is impressive.
