Since high school I’ve been trying to be pretty.
New clothes.
New friends.
New personality .
Being less nerdy.
Less of who I used to be way back when.
But see the problem is,
I’m still who I used to be in middle school.
No matter how much makeup I wear.
No matter how many hoodies I throw away.
I’m still Ameirah Rivers.
The girl with the strange walk.
And the funny fashion taste.
With the weird taste in men.
She wasn’t messed up.
Nothing was wrong with her.
They were white and skinny,
And she was just Ameirah.
And that’s ok.
Be Ameirah.
Bring joy to peoples faces
Make them look twice
Stand your ground.
Argue back.
Keep living.
Keep nerding out.
You’re authentic.
Not covergirl.
Just Ameirah.
Define keeping it real. Typed or text by fingers dripping with acrylic.Thought of by heads heavy with glue and synthetics.Spoken from a mouth that never stayed quiet long enough for the cubic zerconia laced ears to listen to the true definition. They alter the meaning to fit into they're profile or about me box.While outsides change with each new swap meet delivery, insides never should.Keeping it real should come easy.But for some its as hard as putting pampers on your babies.You should stop focusing on trying to look real and get real.Its a mask.Like the thick covergirl used to cover u girl.if your real it goes without saying. It beams off of u like the u.v.rays on your 10 minute skin If u were real all the things mentioned above would be pretty. Instead its a distraction used to take away the focus because your seriously lacking!
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