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The Deception of Perception

You are late to every event, in the mirror you stare, minutes quickly turn into hours, but you don't seem to care, your boyfriend thinks your beautiful, you are daddy's angel too, why you are constantly so down on yourself, they obviously don't have a clue, your lover tries to cheer you up, there goes a brand new ring, new clothes, new shoes, even a bit of bling, what he doesn't get is material objects don't mean a thing, you are really hurt on the inside that you don't look like women in magazines, they are so perfect in appearance, their hair falls just right, all the guys love them around the world so you will never meet their criteria right? One thing that you can't see in a magazine model is this thing called truth, they are dressed up like politicians to make them look like they have it all together, they try to pretend like they can't hear or see the truth, Like Helen Keller, Every night they close their eyes they wish they could be normal like you, have kids, a husband, a house and even eat regular foods too, so don't ever doubt who you are because magazines are not real, but you are living in reality and I wanted you to know Perception kills...

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Date: 9/29/2014 2:35:00 PM
Seeing your poem I could link it to me , as I used to act before , never saw my self as any good , but I realised everybody is unique in their own way , just because some media lady has a beautiful face it doesn't mean she is perfectly happy in her life, its easy to compare yourself to others and pointing out the flaws not recognising you are special too . Media shows only what they want us to see , true reality is always different . Powerful poem . Well done
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Date: 6/10/2014 5:17:00 PM
Wow, i loved this, i'm a feminist so this really its home..wonderful poem , so well orchestrated too. As a person whose been in abusive relationships with men who were also addicted to porn , i know the feeling all too well of feeling like i didnt/dont live up to expectations (in their eyes) ..so you writing this as a man is a real nice thing to see. :)
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Date: 6/10/2014 3:05:00 PM
One can only be deceived through wrong perception... A powerful poem, out of all your poems, this is my favorite... hugs.. Linda
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