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Mirror
I saw
 All the people gently coming
 Gently going
 All wanting to be told
 All wanting to be told
 Am I pretty?
 Am I worth it?
 Am I wanted?
 
 And I wanted to scream "Yes, you're beautiful"
 But I couldn't
 I can only reflect the truth distorted by your tinted glasses
 They tell you you're not worth it
 And they tell you you are broken
 But you're not
 
 So many times I've seen
 So many people broken
 By what they claim to see
 A nose too big and face too small
 Hair too brown or height too tall
  And what I see is not
 
 I see beauty in your pain hidden deep within
 You try to hide and fight and think you lose
 But it's those who fight you
 Those who deny themselves
 That truly lose
 
 Can't you see your beauty as I do?
 I have no face of my own
 I see and I admire
 I see beauty pass before me every day
 And it's the same old pain that hides behind their eyes
 
 But I have none
 I'm an empty picture
 I reflect what you see truthfully
 Not distorted by those tinted glasses

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