You say you are ugly
because you only ever see
yourself
in the mirror
that tells you what to think
You don't see you
when I make you laugh
when your eyes come alive
with joy
You don't see you
when your crush texts you
and you fail to hide
your smile
You don't see you
when your dad comes home
at the end of the day
and says he loves you
wrapping you
in his arms
you are so filled with glee
You don't see you
when you make us so happy
you cannot help
but beam like the sun
the mirror is not a person
it has no face or voice
it cannot tell you anything
it will never say
you are beautiful
but we have faces
and we have voices
and we can say
you are
Jul 14, 2018
Jul 14, 2018 at 10:10 PM UTC
You say you are ugly
because you only ever see
yourself
in the mirror
that tells you what to think
You don't see you
when I make you laugh
when your eyes come alive
with joy
You don't see you
when your crush texts you
and you fail to hide
your smile
You don't see you
when your dad comes home
at the end of the day
and says he loves you
wrapping you
in his arms
you are so filled with glee
You don't see you
when you make us so happy
you cannot help
but beam like the sun
the mirror is not a person
it has no face or voice
it cannot tell you anything
it will never say
you are beautiful
but we have faces
and we have voices
and we can say
you are
I saw a post online that said something of this sort that inspired this poem.
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