Beauty in every imperfection

So we hide behind pretty faces 
And artificial skin

Or thick books 
And glasses 

Long hair to hide our eyes 
Long sleeves to shield our wrists 

Or bold hair to cover insecurity 
And short clothes to distract from poor confidence 

Our mouths speak of how we don't care 
But our eyes reveal the need to be accepted 

Our ears relay a message of being independent
But our hearts fear the rejection 

We know we shouldn't but we lie

We know we should ignore , we still reply

We feel our morals breaking, still we refuse to cry 

We know of the beauty we're destroying but all we see are dollar signs 

We're all suffering the same inside, we refuse to believe we're like everyone else 

And that is when we start to truly lose ourselves 

It's like an international message 
To all those who fear what's inside 

If you don't like what you see in the mirror
Close your eyes

Walk away

Find something to cover all the ugly parts of your skin 

They say the only ugly is what's within 
That keep us up at night wondering why our skin doesn't shine like it does on those covers of magazines 

When will we realize 
That we don't have to photo shop ourselves to see perfection 

You can artificially remove every part of your skin 
And you'll never get deep enough to find it 

Cause it doesn't exist 

Loving yourself doesn't come with a receipt
You can find beauty without looking so deep 

If you look in the mirror and you don't like what you see 
Learn to love what you see 
That every wound your heart holds is what helps you see beauty 

In all its imperfection 
There's beauty in your reflection 

There's no reason to hide 
Cause if anyone doesn't like it 
Then THEY can close their eyes 

Sometimes we fear judgment so much we'd rather change who we are.