I find there’s something a bit degrading about putting on makeup

The subtle message we send to ourselves that says

We’re not enough

More is needed

Something so sinister about dyeing our hair

Something so subtle 

The clothes we wear

The smiles we try on for size 

But they’re too big

Too small

Our faces have to pay

The price for it all

Sincerity

Is somewhere underneath 

Buried with our hopes and dreams

That we could be not loved

Not appreciated 

But just accepted 

For who we are

-jenn