October 7, 2012

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Underneath the makeup

And underneath the scars,

Titanium plates –

They break her heart.

 

Once a pretty face,

A joyride gone wrong,

Now an ugly memory

Is all that belongs.

 

A beautiful girl,

Adored by the world

Stands before the curtain.

Behind it – a different story.

 

Through the mirror she sees

The painful bad dream.

The imperfections they said

Would be corrected.

 

A beautiful girl,

Adored by the world –

That is all they see.

 

But in the mirror she sees

The painful bad dream

And all of the imperfections. 

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