Skin Deep

Skin Deep
By: Darneshia Coachman


I'm not use to feeling this way,
Until I saw this girl today.

Her skin reminded me of the sun in the sky,
I look down at mine; so dead and so dry.

My faded brown skin could never compete,
Against her shiny surface and little white feet.

I am not proud of the way that I look,
I feel really ugly in this month's yearbook.

Shame, shame is all I can think,
I write "I'm so ugly" on my arm in black ink.

My mind is so shook with things that aren't true,
I'm trying my very best to look just like you.



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