PERFECTION!

perfect hair
soft tanned skin
gorgeous dress
amazingly slim
make up exact
glistening smile
arm in arm
she struts down the aisle

magazine covers
tv shows
billboard ads
high and low
images of perfection
everywhere
images bombarded
but they bring dispair

our daily dose
of models galore
feeds jelous minds
down to the core
"if only, if only
we could be
perfect as that
if it was only me!"

are we so stupid
are we so vain?
we subject ourselves
to so much pain
all we see
looking back
is what we don't have
what we lack

stop, stay still
and look again
into that shiny
enemy and then
you will see
you truly are
beautiful
more than they are!

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