Body Dysmorphia

My friends have asked me to go out,

But I can’t you see,

Because behind my smiling façade,

I’m scared you’ll see the real me.

The UGLY person beneath my skin,

Invisible to others,

It wraps around me like a cloak,

It chokes me and it smothers.

You’re so pretty some say,

But they’ve not heard my voice from within,

That haunts my dreams and reminds me…

That I am ugly and far too thin.

I see beauty in all, but it pains me to say,

That I can’t see beauty in myself,

Body dysmorphia took that right away.