Concept of Self

February 24, 2012, 2:37 AM:
“Concept of Self” 

I look in the mirror and
“Sometimes”,
My nose is too big.
It takes up half of my face,
Sharp and pointy and ugly.
“Sometimes”,
It’s a work of art;
it’s perfect and
so am I.

i look in the mirror again.
s o m e t i m e s ,
these eyes reflect things ‘i’
don’t want to see.
sometimes chocolate fades to black:
sharp, unforgiving,
it turns into a heated glare,
a stare, but whose?

‘i’ looked into the mirror
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that mouth was too small
far too petite to speak with.
several times several times
it fails to open
like a goldfish
quiet and golden.

s’he’ looks into that mirror
ALL THE TIME
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s’he’ is far too wide
LFar too fat
TALL THE TIME
HLife isn’t kind
Es’he’ cannot hide
Tno more “no more”

I look into the mirror a last time
Msometimes
EI don’t recognize the boy standing there

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