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[katie lee]

when i look in the mirror
i don’t want to see myself nearer or clearer
i simply shiver
once every flaw is getting bigger

and what feels like disgrace,
is simply my face

i feel so dumb when i notice, pimples which have been there for all these years
worsen all my fears
and make me drown in tears

‘cause when i touch my face
those itchy red hurting spots make me feel like i’m displaced

those pimples feel like monsters, from deep inside of me
trying to break free

and though i’m scared, i wished they would,
just break out, and flee, as fast as they could

so when i will look in the mirror
i will want to see myself clearer

and my face?
it will be a metaphor for grace