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I'll Never Be Perfect.

I want to be pretty
I want to be beautiful
I want to be skinny
I want to be perfect

I know that
I'm never gonna be
any of those things
and it kills me

Everyday
I want these things
and everyday I realize
I can't have them

I'll never be pretty enough
I'll never be skinny enough
I'll never be good enough
To fit up to peoples standards

Its making me crazy
that I'll never be perfect
that I'll never be beautiful
I'm going insane

No one knows that
this is how I feel
every. single. fucking. day!
and I'm sick of it

I'm sick of feeling
like I'm never ever
gonna be good enough
for everyone around me

I say I don't care
what other people think
its all bullshit
cause I do

I strive to be better
I just want people
to accept me for who I am
then for who they think I am

I'm not pretty
I'm not beautiful
I'm not skinny
I'm not perfect

I'll never be any of those things
I know I won't
and it hurts to know
that I'll never be accepted in life

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Yeah...this is how I feel.

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  • alexandra.
    June 24, 2007

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    Poor you, these people may be so narrow minded and unaccpeting but there's one thing they can't be. They can't be you. They can't write amazingly emotional and deeply beautiful poetry like this. Keep trying chickpea and hold your head up high. One day they'll get this message, it just takes a while to get through their thick skulls that people are beautiful as they are.

    xxx


  • Freakmachine
    February 21, 2007

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    Powerful

    You're not alone, my dear. I like the simplistic style you've got going on here - it gets right to the point and really emphasizes your message. Well done! My advice for your heartache comes from something I've learned going through similar things. You are your only enemy. People may try to crush you with all these ideals, but it's up to you if you let yourself be weighed down by it. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." Hang in there. The reality is the weirder you are and the more comfortable you are in your weirdness, the more people are attracted to you.

  • chaotic999life
    February 21, 2007

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    Omg..i feel like that often too...well, i'm trying to change my way of thinking though, because i know that in the end the person that I have to face upto is myself...I love the way you brought the poem back full circle in the end. The choppy style of writing really gives a sense of thoughts flowing out as the anger/sorrow increases..really nicely done..And if it makes u feel any better, hun, I know what you are feeling...we r not the only ones..everyone feels lik this at some point in life..and that is totally fine. The important thing is to be happy knowing that we have a wonderful chance at living and loving, and accepting one another Take care.