when i glance in the mirror
the thing that i see
is a little white girl looking back at me.
she is said to be pretty
but when i look i feel icky,
the person i see is not who i want to be.
i want to be the girl i saw at the lake,
the one with the pretty face.
i want to be the girl i see at school,
the one whose skin is so beautiful.
i want to be the girl i knew,
the one whose personality was so cute.
i want to be the other girls i see,
i can't help who i want to be.
but as i sit and stare
at the girl that is there
all i wish is to want to be her.
i want to love the girl i see
the girl looking back at me.
so in return i will work on it
and surely dig myself out of this pit
of nothing but blank insecurities.
and maybe
maybe one day i'll want to be
the girl staring back at me.
"want to be"
06.27.19
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ken
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