You lie to me
Every time I look at you
You never show me
My true self
Instead you chose to show
What everyone can see
Can you not reflect my inner beauty
You are so vain
You cannot see beyond
I really cannot blame you
You are never the true one
It took some time
But now I know
You can just reflect but cannot see
Every time I look at you
I tell myself
This is not the real me
My mirror
You are a liar
You do not know me

Because you interpret what you want,
not what I meant.

Don't like my poems because...
You think they color me in a light
that is easier to accept.
I am, what I am, all things-
My past, present
None of it I regret.

Don't like my poems because
you think I'm a genius.
I am just a 22 year old girl,
struggling to type this two minutes
before you will read it.

Don't like my poems because
I am pretty.
Well thank you.
But there's SO MUCH MORE
to anyone of us
But I really am grateful.

Don't like my poems because
you want me to like yours.
I probably will, already do,
I love all verse.

Don't like my poems because
I said do not like them.
I am human,
doing my best
and these words...at least I get them out
most insecurities, doubt, and humanity
**fight them

Jump Missy jump, the little guy yells at me, walking down the stairs with him staring at me, love is what i feel every time i see his little brown eyes staring up at me. He jumps knowing his older sister will catch him, loving the instant that he gets to feel like he is flying. Love is all i know for that moment when i catch him and he says "I love you Missy," and all i think to my self is i will NEVER let you fall.

Shattered was my heart when i asked if we were alright, and hurt i was when he told me he didn't know, pain is all i felt waiting for him to reply when i asked him if we were still us, fear is all i knew for an instant when i thought i would lose it all. Love was what i felt  when he told me yes, truth was all i was in that moment when i reveled how i felt to my hearts full content, forever is how long i believe i will be love, us is every time i see you, together is you and me.

Why do we ask ourselves, who am i to be beautiful, talented, or fabulous? Well the truth is who are you not to be? Everyone in this worl deserves a chance it does not matter your race or gender. we are all one, no one should be put down, called names, or be thrown around. we are all the children of god, brother and sister, loving and caring for each other. I am as much yours as you are mine, gears coming together to make the world work, so lets make a new world, because at some point it'll be time for change.  <3