Watch me from Afar
Watch me from Afar,the light on my face,
the smile mesmerizing you more and more each passing day,
my demeanor easygoing
and my laughs enthralling.
Come close and you will notice the cracks on my face,
the fine lines around my eyes and mouth,
the faded scar on my left cheek,
the blemishes on my skin.
Once you get closer, you will want to get further away from me.
Everything looks so bright and beautiful from afar.
So did I, until you chose to take a step towards me.
Now you only want more distance between us,
wishing you had kept your mouth shut,
and regretting reaching out to me.
Pity you never realized that the blemishes were on my heart,
the scars that I endured still there to bear witness to what I have lived through,
my smile more of a grimace that I try to manage each and every day,
a mask that I wear in order to conceal my inner turmoil.
You only saw the outer shell,
refusing to delve further, already disliking what you saw on the surface.
In my defense, I can only say that I never promised to be whole and without cracks.
I am broken beyond repair,
my life a ball of misery that has been entangled with no way out.
I thought you saw within me,
and felt that you liked the damaged me in spite of everything.
But Alas, seems you only liked me from afar,
refusing to deal with cracks and blemishes,
breaking me more in the process.
Poetry by myst_ery
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Written on 2016-09-17 at 22:38
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