Good enough for me

I wrote this when I was 20. I was in the hospital - overwhelmed, depressed and lost. I thought about a lot of things while I was there - This is what I came up with

I have just turned 20

But the only thing I see

When I look into the mirror

Is a distorted version of me

Spending so much time

Aiming for perfection

refusing to accept

my one and only reflection

And when I look around

Theres pictures everywhere

Telling me I shouldn't eat

And should be light as air

Then I read these magazines

And gaze into the mirror

With the fat and ugly view of myself

Only getting clearer

I work so hard to please everyone else

Only to become

A pale and fragile body left

With nothing but the pain of numb

I keep on thinking my happiness 

Will come the day I'm thin

But I'm starting to realize happiness

Only comes from within

So I'm giving up my goal

To be what everyone wants me to be

Because the only thing I need to know

Is that I'm good enough for me

Reviews

[A. Amos]

Such an honest write, i guess every girl go through such a complexed life...