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I Am Who You See
Contributed by
the_unknown
on
Monday, 15th July 2013 @ 01:48:14 PM in AEST
Topic:
selfstruggles
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I've found myself looking in a mirror again
criticizing everything that you say you love
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so they tell me
And I wish I saw myself through your eyes
through your beautiful eyes
But what I see disgusts me through my own
Its been said that you can never truly love someone without loving yourself first
Then I don't know what to tell you, dear
I've tried for years to love my own self, to be comfortable in my own skin
but I find myself staring into a mirror again with the taste of disgust on my lips every time
Inside of me I have found a heart that is not my own
and I know I love you with every ounce of who I am
But for some reason I stare at that mirror trying to see who I am
I see a stranger pretending to be me
a cold version of myself
and I don't love it, not at all
My mind is plagued with unhappy thoughts
I try to push them out and fill my head with thoughts of you
but it doesn't always work as I see myself plunging a dagger into my stomach
as I vision myself dying and it being beautiful
You ask me what is wrong as you look into my eyes, wondering what is going on inside of my mind
And how can I tell you?
I can't
because if I let you see even that tiniest bit of a hint of the darkness found behind these eyes
it would hurt you, and I don't want to do that
I want to love you and protect you, even if from my own wandering mind
I'd just love to see myself through your loving eyes
I want to be the person you see me as but I'm afraid that I am not her
I'm afraid my soul is tarnished
my mind is self devouring
and I cannot, for the life of me, see the outward beauty of myself that you see
even though I want to believe I am who you see
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2013-07-15 13:48:14]
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Re: I Am Who You See
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by brokenwings on
Monday, 15th July 2013 @ 08:16:32 PM AEST
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| wow this hit my heart so deeply right now... thanks for sharing this is a great one |
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Re: I Am Who You See
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by deusdeira on
Tuesday, 16th July 2013 @ 05:05:40 AM AEST
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you are! you are you are you are you are you are! this person see's you for who you really are and loves it! you are what they see!
believe! dammit! |
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Re: I Am Who You See
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by DeGwynci on
Wednesday, 17th July 2013 @ 10:10:09 PM AEST
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| Wow this really feels to me how my recent ex felt. Opening up is hard, but maybe it would help. Great write. |
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