Look in the mirror, darling, and what do you see?
A girl that's hurting and hiding.
Look in the mirror, darling, and what do you feel?
Sad. Lonely. Unwanted.
Look in the mirror, darling, and what do you think?
I'm dumb. I'm ugly. I'm fat.
But the mirror lies, darling, so look away and what do you see?
The world. The beauty. The people.
Look at the people, darling, and what do you see?
The Imperfection. The flaws. They're just like me.
- ava cooke
Society. It messes with your head. It tells you that you're not good enough, you need to be better, you need to be liked, you need to be perfect. But perfection is a mystery to human kind. It's impossible to achieve. But i try anyways. Makeup, new clothes, a new personality and new friends. But society says that's worse than before. You can be better.
You can't.
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There was a saying my mother used to tell.
'If anyone tries to be better than you it is only because they think you are better than yourself.'
I used to think it sounded selfish. Now I've gotten older, my mother passed and I've matured.
I still don't understand it.
"Lor, it's been three weeks, I think it's time to get out." I couldn't. It hurt too much. Seeing him smile. Seeing him smile with her. Seeing him smile when all I could do was cry.
"Not today." And that was the first thing I said that day.
"Just try, okay?" She smiled at me but I didn't have the strength to smile back.
He had left me with no strength.
He had left me broken.
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[a/n] this is a sneak preview of my book! enjoy ☺
- ava
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