maybe if my hair was darker and straighter
my eyes had smaller bags under them
my stomach a little bit thinner
my thighs more toned
my stretches less marked
maybe
just maybe
i could compare
with her- i was fooling myself
YOU ARE READING
For All the Hopeless Romantics
PoetryFor all the girls who never got enough from the world so they looked in boys and in books until they realized words on paper were far more impressionistic than a boy could ever be.
Part 17
maybe if my hair was darker and straighter
my eyes had smaller bags under them
my stomach a little bit thinner
my thighs more toned
my stretches less marked
maybe
just maybe
i could compare
with her- i was fooling myself