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The Devil in Me
I screamed in my mirror waiting for my reflection to scream back
But it never screamed, it stayed still
painting the same picture I've seen for 5 years in a row
I used to pray everyday and every night to be prettier than the day before
But when God didn’t respond I decided there was no point to knock on his door
I know what it's like to be loved by everyone but myself
And I know what it's like to die 1,000 times inside my head
A death that was never like being in heaven or hell
It was like going to a place where my life was blocked by everlasting waves
Every time I speak it's blocked by the winds
And every time I think I can’t understand it through the rain
It takes 50 fever dreams to bring me back to life
And when I wake, I die again when people say I don’t know what it's like
I did everything in my power to be beautiful
But then I became powerless
I wanted something more real than a fake life
But there's nothing real in a world of betrayal
Will you stop betraying me if I got prettier
If I starved every ounce of pride I got from the memories of my childhood
Would you stop and think before you picked another girl
I won’t be seen begging for respect but I’ll be seen begging for my old life back
I tried to blame the devil for my mistakes but the devil turned out to be me
Will you still love me if I’ll never be happy
If battles never end till someone wins, what would happen if the only battle was against me
Will I outrun the feeling of sadness before the tears drown my old soul
Can you rebuild a life that was once underwater
How will I stop dying if society never loved anyone that grows old?
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I feel like this poem shows what it's like to deal with different insecurities, especially what it's like to deal with them alone. When you're desperately trying to be seen in a good light you will do anything to get there even if it means your'e hurting yourself or other people.