Ugliness Emptiness

 
So what if I am a little sensitive
about my unsightly appearance?

Multiple sources have informed me
I look better with the mask on.. 

Guess I should take offense
when the barb hits so close to home
but the mirror has this annoying way
of confirming disturbing reality..

Each and every perceived deformity
reflected in the horrified eyes
of our judgemental society
has come to define me..

They recoil at the very mention
of my accursed name
and the stigma attached
to we of the freakish element..

So they define and dismiss us 
solely by the outward package
they see with typical surface superficiality..

Monsters to be avoided religiously..

I contend
these beasts of mass condemnation
are the ones projecting ugly
with their cruel social hypocrisy..

Truth be told..

I am the one shunning them