Two Poems

Skin Deep

Beauty is skin deep
Hear it over and over
But it’s a lie
Does anyone really care what’s under the surface
Does anyone look?

Nobody wants to take the time
Nobody really cares
Nobody tries to understand the ones who aren’t beautiful
They just don’t exist


Theo only see what I see
The monster in the mirror
Abomination
Unacceptable
Just not good enough

If they did look inside
They would see I feel
I hurt
I cry
I am still human.



Erosion

Everyone’s rock
Holding up he weight of the world
Shouldering tears and triumph
Promise and pain
Frustration

Strong as stone
Worn by time.
Tears and pain etch away at my surface
Like a waterfall eats the rock
Chipping away
Until the stone crumbles
And nothing is left