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A Self-Inflicted Doll

**Remember her, old friend?

She was...hideous,

You think she was ugly,

oh no, far from it.**

 

**She was the fairest,

Her lavishing sable hair,

Her viridian eyes,

Her glamorous smile,**

 

**Her soft-hued skin,

Her delicately slender body,

Her dazzling manners,

Her ever so warm demeanor,**

 

**Her moves,

Fluid, graceful, focused,

Capturing the essence of the music,

with her mesmerizing artistry.**

 

**She was indeed perfect,

Unique, as no one could be as elegant,

Charming, for no one, was as lovely.

Beguile...as no one was as rotten.**

 

**What she was, my old friend,

Was an empty vessel,

the soul of which had perished,

mortified by its actions.**

 

**For all she ever wanted was approval,

so what she did was put on a mask,

losing herself in the process,

becoming a ghost of her formal self.**

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Written by
Fading
M / Bulgaria
Published
Jan 12, 2021
Lines·Words
28·133
Notes

I am personally very proud with how this one turned out. People have told me that it reminds them of the main heroine of the movie the "Black Swan".

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#perfect#imperfect#grace#elegance#delicate#dazzling#empty#vessel#soul#perished
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