"She's not even that pretty" they said.
I looked at them
In amazement
How could they say that?
How could they think that?
What were they missing?
She was absolutely beautiful.
She was the girl every guy wanted to be with,
She was the girl everyone wanted to look like,
The girl with the perfect face,
The girl with the perfect life,
The girl I wish I could be.
This was the girl I compared myself to
Every,
Single,
Day.
I strived to look like her
But failed every time
There was no way
I could ever look like her,
I could ever be as skinny as her,
As pretty as her,
As funny as her,
As attractive as her.
"She's not even that pretty"
How could they think that?
Maybe they saw something I didn't.
Maybe they saw the truth.
Maybe they saw the real girl.
Underneath all the makeup,
The pretty face,
The skinny body,
They saw her real personality.
Maybe it's true
what they all say.
It doesn't matter what's on the outside,
It's what's on the inside that matters.
If you really knew that girl,
Knew the way she acted,
The way she treated people,
Maybe,
Just maybe,
She wouldn't be,
So gosh darn pretty.
~ R.L.
4/30/18
YOU ARE READING
The Pieces of You
PoetryIf you really want to know the pain and heartbreak you put me through, this is for you. I know you will never want to know what you did to me. It's easier for you to just forget about it and act like it never even happened. Unfortunately I cannot...
