Take a look in the mirror.
That is what the majority see:
the outside.
Only seeing a portion
of the person in the mirror.

she judges, he judges
he comments, she comments;
Praises; Insults;
more than hoped for
or wishing to be unheard.
Why listen?
Why let them influence?
Building up,
Tearing down;
It is all against the shell.

Shells are meant to protect.
They take beatings and polishes.
He doesn’t see inside the shell – 
She doesn’t want to know – 
The inside may be ugly
(or beautiful)
Matching the shell
or the exact opposite,
Yet shells that are rejected
over and over again
crack.
From pressure,
from disdain – 
Internal and External torture.
No bandage or fix-all works…
The scar remains as it heals
from within.

The mirror won’t show scars
unless it can see through the shell.
The mirror can’t fix the problem
as the mirror is the problem
imperfections and differences
are not ugly
The majority will say as they please
but it is the few who matter,
who see the shell and the inside,
the whole package
that which makes beauty
that which make unpleasant
that which someone will find
Irresistible
and show the rest that
You are beautiful.

T. Marina