The Things I Leave Unsaid

17. Stop Lying to Me

Dedicated to every girl who's ever had one of their prettier, skinnier, more popular friends try to tell them they're beautiful and they wish they could be like them, and to all girls(or boys I suppose) who don't believe a word of it. Love yourself for all the reasons no one else could!!

You're sweet,

You tell me you're jealous,

That you wish that you could be

Beautiful in every way

Perfect just like me.

I want to say thanks

But I don't know how

So I nod and tell you you're sweet.

While inside feeling

like a fraud for accepting

The lies that slip through your teeth.

Laughing, you tell me

I'm the funniest girl alive.

Your eyes sparkle like cider.

And every time I try to deny it,

Your smile grows even wider.

But I'm not beautiful.

I've never been

The one that's center stage.

That's always been you,

Don't deny that it's true,

You're the bride while

I'm always the maid.

I appreciate your sweetness.

But I really crave your truth.

I don't believe your words at all so

You say you'll show me the proof.

We stand in front of your mirror

And I wish that I could run

I know you think you're helping but

I'm the only one

Out of the two of us that knows

what it's like to feel

Unwanted; This isn't just some game.

For me, this is real.

You tell me to look

at my beautiful face.

All I see are my eyes,

Gray and cold and steel like,

They hold my story inside.

You move on and compare

my long dark mane to each limp

and bland blonde strand.

But my hair is the shadow

I hide behind,

Refusing your helping hand.

I'm not pretty, nor sweet like you,

Though I wish I could be.

It hurts to hear you lie like this

so please, just pretty please,

Leave me alone,

Let me be,

I don't care that

you're prettier than me.

I don't feel bad until you try

To make me feel better

Because I know it's a lie.

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