People lack good mirrors Everybody has a mirror That we look at ourselves with And use to show others how we see them But they are never accurate
Our mirrors are clouded in Stereotypes Cracked with Labels And shrouded with the grime of Fear Making the original picture Very unclear
You My friend Have only seen a poor reflection of who I really am
You think I’m the smart girl who always raises her hand in class Whose hair and clothes are always somehow slightly Disheveled Out of place
You’re sure I’m exclusive Because you see me spending all my time and energy on only my friends
You believe I’m nice But in just a “hi how are you” kind of way Not in a truly sincere way Impersonal
You imagine that I don’t have any trouble at all Expressing a thought or emotion That I’m confident and always know what I’m doing
But really, despite what you think you see, I’m actually Quite different From your reflection of me
I am not always so smart.
I haven't understood math since third grade PEMDAS??? Nope Nada And the tragic truth is that without spell check Eye wood problie spel lyke thiss
I also own a hairbrush
And can clean up quite nicely I just like the lived in look I’m totally not lazy I just... uhh Never mind Who am I kidding? The truth behind my bedraggled appearance, Is that I would much rather sleep in than get up early to curl my hair or pick out clothes that are not from my floor
I appear exclusive
because I only talk to certain people But I am actually just really shy Meeting new people scares me It feels like every time I’m going to say something to a stranger I always imagine how it could go wrong And I stay silent You wouldn’t know unless you asked though Because when I am around my friends I. Never. Shut. Up. And my reflection is chatty and animated
Some days my confidence is so low I just want to into the floor sink And I even have trouble telling my closest friends how I feel sometimes I get all balled up and closed
In the end I know our mirrors are inaccurate But if the way we see ourselves and view others is always warped by our mirrors Clouded in Stereotypes Cracked with Labels And shrouded with the grime of Fear Making the original picture Very unclear Then can anyone realy be truly understood Or is the way one views everything all just an illusion?