Gali

You look into the mirror

Disappointed

By what you see

All the flaws stand out like red flags

As you criticize your body

Despising every imperfection

they say they’re open-minded 

until i open my mind

The rain is falling now

You can cry

All this pain now

You've been holding for a while

Your fear will be safe with me

and the music of rain showers

Anxiety is encircling my fingers,

Every move I feel a twitch. 

This pain is nothing new

And now my heart has a stitch. 

I didn't want to break your heart

I want to hold 

Both a pen and a sword, 

To find struggle within my words, 

To make pain drip from the ink, 

Trickling onto my palms, 

Beauty isn't perfection

It isn't when you look like a model

For a fancy brand;

It is rooted in your heart,

Golden sprouts peaking from the glands,

Little silver blossoms opening,

Proudly standing tall,