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I am who you want me to be
I am oh so pretty.
My luscious eyelashes and thick lips.
Brown locks of hair that
I'd never let you see tear.

When its all kinky, dry and messy.
That is when you truly test me.
Pleading with me to come out of the shadows.
The same darkness where I blend in so perfectly.

I see myself as a ruined canvas.
Compliments fix up my edges.
External validation paints over my flaws.

Sometimes, I wish I could talk.
Don't paint my character like that.
Do not say those things about me.
But I am coloured in lies.
A web I gladly let happen.

Who else could I blame for my false image?
When I allowed this afterimage.

© DolorTheDaimone