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The Monster in the Mirror

July 6, 2010
By LadyLuck GOLD, Cumming, Georgia
LadyLuck GOLD, Cumming, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. - Ralph Waldo Emerson


The monster in the mirror
is the stuff of nightmares.
angry, hateful, disgusted
glaring at me
red eyes peering through
my blue ones.

My monsters sees
the other me,
or maybe the true one.
The ugly fat girl
disgusting thighs
arms that jiggle
a belly roll.

The monster is in my head
from the moment I awake
taunting me
starving me.

The scale tells the truth
something even the monster
can't change.
A 5'8, 120 pound girl
shivers in the bathroom.

It's a constant struggle against
my monster
She tries to move in
make herself at home
in my head.

Maybe, the monster isn't in the mirror
maybe, my monster is
the mirror



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on Aug. 2 2010 at 12:46 pm
KirstynAlexandra PLATINUM, Baltimore, Maryland
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\&quot;I\&#039;m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can\&#039;t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don\&#039;t deserve me at my best.\&quot;<br /> &mdash; Marilyn Monroe<br /> <br /> Imagination is more important than knowledge...<br /> Albert Einstein

wow, very powerful. if this is a true story, i hope you or whoever it's about, gets through it. plz check out my work, it would be highly appreciated :) good job!