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Reflection
Mirror mirror don't you see
What you reflect is ruining me
I see love handles on the sides
I see the bags beneath my eyes
I see the way coffee's yellowed my teeth
I see the scars from old acne
I see the way my clothes don't fit
I see the way my figure flares out at the hips
I see how pale my skin is
And how easily it bruises
I see how my eyes are a boring brown
I see the lines left from my frown
Mirror mirror im only eighteen
Why have you already broken me?
(Somewhat musical, tune loosely based off of 'Twinkle Twinkle little star' in some parts)
What you reflect is ruining me
I see love handles on the sides
I see the bags beneath my eyes
I see the way coffee's yellowed my teeth
I see the scars from old acne
I see the way my clothes don't fit
I see the way my figure flares out at the hips
I see how pale my skin is
And how easily it bruises
I see how my eyes are a boring brown
I see the lines left from my frown
Mirror mirror im only eighteen
Why have you already broken me?
(Somewhat musical, tune loosely based off of 'Twinkle Twinkle little star' in some parts)
Published 28th Jul 2016
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28th Jul 2016 1:40pm
28th Jul 2016 6:08pm
I realized before I sent it in it was a bit of a cliche, but as one of the forums on here said are there truly any original ideas? I liked it anyways, haha. Thank you for your feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
28th Jul 2016 6:19pm
hey I meant my comment may sound cliche..bold and beautiful...not your excellent delivery here... if everything in our life sounds cliche then what's the point of picking up the pen then... it's like 6 billion humans with two eyes, four limbs, a brain a heart... so what is there to distinguish between them..and yet we find every person to be unique..same goes to every poet's style and works... and before I forget again...welcome to DU!!!
12th Aug 2016 3:10pm
Anonymous
12th Sep 2016 1:44am
No one's ruined you honey.
4th Aug 2019 6:32pm
Believe it or not we all have felt this way. It takes a lot of self love to look into that mirror with courage, simile at the person looking back and say 'You are beautiful'. Even then courage will falter from time to time.
If you haven't already at some point, check out the following poets. You might like what they have to say.
Miss_Sub (- Missy -)
SweetOblivion
jenjames
I'm sure there are other wonderful poets out there that express their self identity just as well or better, but these are some of my favorites.
If you haven't already at some point, check out the following poets. You might like what they have to say.
Miss_Sub (- Missy -)
SweetOblivion
jenjames
I'm sure there are other wonderful poets out there that express their self identity just as well or better, but these are some of my favorites.
24th Aug 2019 6:57pm
Sorry for the delayed reply- I don't get on that often unfortunately- but I really appreciate your words and will definitely read up on the poets you've suggested when I have some time! Thank you for commenting!
26th Aug 2019 11:42pm
