Thursday, January 17, 2019




             Why would you attack your own face? 
             That’s like the billboard of your details,
             the display case of your moods.
             Why would you show people
             this is how you treat yourself,
             this is what you do. 
             Beauty is in the heart,
             but what you see affects you.
             I can’t tell you why 
             my fingernails become knives
             & pick at every suggestion of imperfection. 
             but I would say  
             this is a weird form of control.
             This is a strange way to hinder myself.
             Some small relief 
             for a bigger picture I don’t want to see.
             It’s a compulsion
             to dig at the surface but not within.
             I can edit myself & paint on my pride,
             I can hide behind sunglasses 
             & filters
             but ultimately,
             I can’t mask my mentality.

              .Laura Curren.


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