Flawless



Why can't I reach out to you?
Touch that flawless face
Embrace your perfection
Live vicariously through your eyes
What do you see?
Are you capable of seeing me as I am?
Do you only see what I put out to you?
I question whether you're real
I wonder if that's you
What's under that mask of perfection?
Where do you cry from?
You look too perfect for a tear
You seem incapable of sadness
Incapable of fear
Even incapable of love
What do you see in the mirror?
Are you there?
Are you alive?
Were you ever?
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Submitted on May 27, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFAGACHIJKLMINM
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 483
Words 98
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19

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