september 14, 2013
the people: you're so pretty. i wish i looked like you.
the voices: you're so ugly. get a paper bag to cover your face.
the people: you're so thin. how do you stay like that?
the voices: you're so fat. please, get on a treadmill.
the people: you're so smart. can you help me with school, or something?
the voices: you're so stupid. you're going to fail everything.
the people: you're so funny. you need to be a comedian.
the voices: your jokes are so stupid. just don't even open your mouth.
the people: you're so likeable. honestly, i can't think of one person who dislikes you.
the voices: you're hated by everyone in some way. don't be a burden by trying to be otherwise.
the people: you have such a beautiful smile.
the voices: it's fake.
the people: i've never seen you frown.
the voices: it's fake.
the people: you're always so happy.
the voices: it's fake.
YOU ARE READING
Speed of Sound
Poetry"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit at a typewriter and bleed." a collection of capricious drabbles. © Valarie Rae, two thousand and thirteen.
