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Ugly.

February 16, 2010
By nooxygen PLATINUM, Medford, New York
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the mirror only tells half the story, beauty is found on the inside...<br /> love is blind<br /> only the shadow knows<br /> words said in the heat of anger are never from the heart

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I don’t get it.
What do they see in me?
Why do they call me pretty,
attractive, or even beautiful.
I am none of those names!
Sometimes I want to scream
In their face and say,
“STOP LIEING to me!
Stop GETTING MY HOPES UP!
I’m not pretty!
I’m not beautiful!
I’m ugly…”
Ugly.
The word seems to hang in the air
A bit
When you say it.
Ugly.
that’s what I am.
Ugly…

© Melani H., Stuart, FL

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