Deformed

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I am ugly. I am disfigured.

I’m the shadow of a man, obscured.

I’m a monster with no reflection,

A genuine magnet for rejection.

I am vile, morally repulsive;

Used to pain, I find it addictive.

To all this, I have become numb.

I’m not; I just pretend to be dumb.

But sometimes, I forget who I am.

I see myself and see a gem.

I find myself cut above the rest.

Arrogantly, I say, “I am the best.”

But then I trip and fall down hard.

I am nothing but a lump of lard.

Idiot! Better to be apathetic.

I am nothing but a hideous prick.

I drop to my knees and look Above.

I cannot be loved. How can I love?

But I do. I love. I care. I cry.

For someone, I would not fear to die.

Yet I find it pointless to fall.

Better bury me in a hole

For that alone is my rightful place.

I am nobody. I’m just a waste.

What a disgrace.

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