Conflicted but Hopeful Me

I like to be myself

Snap!

 

The world is young

I am young

 

Explore

 

Purse the lips

Just right

How pretty

Pout

What a cutie

 

Smile

Act like you had fun

Color

Brighten

So many choices!

Crop it

Perfect

 

I like to be myself

Relax

 

Acne

Go away

Repress the tears

It’s only a boy

Maybe it’s me

We’re just friends

But he smiled

In that perfect way

 

You messed up

Again

He was perfect

You let him go

I never can be

Perfect

Fairytales never begin

 

I wish I could be myself

Have the confidence to

Be heard

Express who I am

 

I have cried

Too many times

This ideal me

Is only an idea

 

I like attention

I swear

Act stupid

Make the wrong

Friends

 

Deep down

I know I am

Beautiful

Just quietly

I am the one

Sitting alone

Hoping someone

Will notice I am here

 

That’s why I act like

Everything is okay

It’s not

But I try to make it

 

I like to be myself

Conflicted but hopeful

Even if it means

I am ugly

To some

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