Poetry meme...poetry I wrote
Meme ganked from azephirin : If you can see this post a poem in your journal
Mirror Mirror...
When I look in the mirror
The first thing I see
Is my eyes
The windows to my soul
Hidden behind my glasses
My armor from the world
Then I see hair that seems slightly possessed
And oily skin with pimples that never completely go away
Beyond that is shoulders that are entirely too broad
A fairly unremarkable pair of breasts
And a stomach that I’d really rather not discuss if its all the same to you
Farther down still are my hips
At least I think they’re there somewhere
I’ve been told I’m supposed to be an hourglass
But just now all I can see is a rather lumpy rectangle
Then come my equally fat thighs
Scarred up knees
My calves aren’t too bad I suppose
And my feet…well they’re feet so I can forgive them their imperfections
They do after all have to carry the rest of me around every day
My hands are too big
My fingers though long look a bit stubby
My fingernails look slightly chewed on
And my polish is chipped again
But beyond what I look like
There is another person
She is beautiful not because of her eyes or her skin or her build
She is smart
And strong
Loving
Loyal
Friendly
Honest
Stubborn
Creative
Occasionally more than a little strange
But most of all she is happy
I’m happy because I see myself as I am
I accept my flaws
They are after all what makes me…well…me
Which is not to say that I wouldn’t change some things
I’d like to be thinner
To have better skin
To feel comfortable in a swimsuit
But until I can make those changes I’m ok with what I have
So when I look into the mirror and don't like the image I see
I just take off my glasses
And lean closer so I can see through the blur my vision becomes without them
Because when I’m that close to the mirror all I can see is my eyes
The windows to my soul
And I like what I see there
-Me
I wrote this poem for a project when I was in college about 6 years ago. It isn't perfect and I don't know that anyone will even care to read it but its one of my favorites of all the ones I've written and for whatever reason I felt like sharing just now.
Mirror Mirror...
When I look in the mirror
The first thing I see
Is my eyes
The windows to my soul
Hidden behind my glasses
My armor from the world
Then I see hair that seems slightly possessed
And oily skin with pimples that never completely go away
Beyond that is shoulders that are entirely too broad
A fairly unremarkable pair of breasts
And a stomach that I’d really rather not discuss if its all the same to you
Farther down still are my hips
At least I think they’re there somewhere
I’ve been told I’m supposed to be an hourglass
But just now all I can see is a rather lumpy rectangle
Then come my equally fat thighs
Scarred up knees
My calves aren’t too bad I suppose
And my feet…well they’re feet so I can forgive them their imperfections
They do after all have to carry the rest of me around every day
My hands are too big
My fingers though long look a bit stubby
My fingernails look slightly chewed on
And my polish is chipped again
But beyond what I look like
There is another person
She is beautiful not because of her eyes or her skin or her build
She is smart
And strong
Loving
Loyal
Friendly
Honest
Stubborn
Creative
Occasionally more than a little strange
But most of all she is happy
I’m happy because I see myself as I am
I accept my flaws
They are after all what makes me…well…me
Which is not to say that I wouldn’t change some things
I’d like to be thinner
To have better skin
To feel comfortable in a swimsuit
But until I can make those changes I’m ok with what I have
So when I look into the mirror and don't like the image I see
I just take off my glasses
And lean closer so I can see through the blur my vision becomes without them
Because when I’m that close to the mirror all I can see is my eyes
The windows to my soul
And I like what I see there
-Me
I wrote this poem for a project when I was in college about 6 years ago. It isn't perfect and I don't know that anyone will even care to read it but its one of my favorites of all the ones I've written and for whatever reason I felt like sharing just now.