I should dress like a girl more.
I wanna dress like her someday.
I wanna be a model someday.
I wish I can be beautiful like her.
You are beautiful.
That's what they tell you.
They tell me that I'm pretty when that's what I really want.
Because they don't know what it's like.
I pretend I'm one of the models,
When I actually burn every picture with a model on it.
I look in the mirror and pretend I'm one of them.
When I actually just see the fog cover my face.
I look at the mannequins and wish I was one of them.
Wishing I could be taken apart and never have to suffer.
To look out the display window
And see the world end slowly.
I play dress up with the little kids and I get pushed away,
So I have to dress up on my own.
I never get a turn on the swing because they call me fat.
I never get to be the bride at the pretend wedding,
Because I look like a boy.
I look at no future friends.
I look at no future boyfriends or husbands.
I hate the princesses that married that special prince.
Because I was never saved by one.
The attraction for the same sex,
Gets me in trouble.
Because I don't know what to do,
Or what to feel.
More rejection gets me upset,
And I don't know what to say,
Or how to defend myself.
I've let myself go.
I watch that blade slice that onion,
When I actually want it on my skin.
I've watched the belt go around my waist,
When I actually want it around my neck.
I can't talk to anyone,
Because no one can keep a secret.
I can't talk to myself,
Because everyone calls me crazy.
I can't cry at night,
Because my parents want to know.
I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to feel.
I don't know what to say.
I don't how to live anymore.
I know who I really am.
I know how ugly I am.
I've looked at all the pretty people on the train, bus, and plane.
and every movie, show, and music video.
I can't take it anymore.
I wanna tear my face off.
I wanna scratch my skin till I bleed.
I wanna die.
I just can't.
I can't be pretty...and I can't die.
I can't watch that belt go around my neck,
I can't move that blade across my skin.
Perhaps if I pretend...like Dress up,
I'll be pretty...I'll be pretty.