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MIRRORS I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR WHAT DID I SEE? THERE STOOD A LIFELESS REFECTION OF WHO BUT ME WHO AM I? I’M DARK, SHORT, NOT THIN AT ALL WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE TO BE SLIM AND TALL I LOOKED MORE AND MORE AS I STARTED TO STARE THIS BORING TIRED WOMAN JUST STANDING THERE WAS GETTING OLD AND LONELY, ALWAYS COMPLAINED WHAT IS IT THEY SEE IN ME? THEY MUST BE INSANE I STARED SO LONG AND WAS JUST STARING AT ME UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING INSIDE WHERE THE EYES CANT SEE I’M SMART, SWEET, AND KIND TO ALL THAT IN ITSELF MAKES ME 10 FEET TALL LOOKING INSIDE WAS BEAUTIFUL, I GAVE MYSELF A HUG COULDN’T FIT MY ARMS AROUND ME BUT I’M SO MUCH TO LOVE YEA DARK ON THE OUTSIDE, I KEPT LOOKING INSIDE OF ME THE LIGHT THAT SHINES ON THE INSIDE COULD MAKE A BLIND MAN SEE I GUESS IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH YOU WILL FIND YOUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE IS A STATE OF MIND IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE THAT MATTERS FROM THE START BECAUSE THEN YOU WILL SEE YOUR OWN BEAUTIFUL HEART I WONDERED BEFORE WHAT PEOPLE SAW IN ME THEN I MUST BE INSANE TOO BECAUSE I'M STARTING TO SEE WHAT THEY SEE!!!!!!! ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY LATARSHA GRANDBERRY©

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