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Perfection

October 18, 2023
By Poet_inthe_Making PLATINUM, Bolivar, Missouri
Poet_inthe_Making PLATINUM, Bolivar, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns." -Philippians 1:6



They all see me that way 

They all think I’m who they want to be

And that’s what I let them think

What I let them see


They see a titanium girl

Functional in so many ways

Strong and Independent 

Popular but not common


Haha

Yea 

That’s what I put off


I’m a titanium girl


I’m shiny and skinny

The perfect glass skin

The perfect white smile

The perfect body


I’m just 

Perfect


They see what I let them see

But it’s not what I see in the mirror


The girl in the mirror,

She’s just an empty reflection


Nothing is real to her

Sometimes she even stands outside of her body


Derealization

That’s what they call that

That’s not what she calls it though


She doesn’t call it anything at all

Nobody has told her what it is

She wouldn’t dare let anyone see who she sees

 

No one can see the glass girl

She’s shiny, sure

But she’s thin 

And fragile

She breaks easily

Nothing a little glue can’t fix

But something has to be cut to need to be glued.


She’s got that under control too.

But the titanium girl?

She wouldn’t dare

She’s too good for that 

She’s too strong to even have the thought of self-harm

She would never


But she’s not the girl in the mirror 

The girl in the mirror

She’s different

She cuts

She drinks

She smokes

She goes to too many parties

She’s different.


The titanium girl has been through a lot

A lot that made her titanium

She was supposed to be a glass girl

But she’s titanium


Or maybe she’s not

Maybe she’s just glass 

Spray-painted gray

To look like she's titanium

Maybe she’s not as perfect as she looks


Maybe everyone just assumes

And assuming...

Well you know what they say about that

But I guess it’s not assuming

I guess it’s more about believing

Because you only assume based on what you know

Whereas believing is thinking what you see is true

That’s what I think the reality is.

I guess that’s what they think the reality is too.


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