Your World Not Mine

Is that what it feels like to be in your world?
I was in your world just today
I walked the walk and talked the talk,
yet still felt my initial dismay
It wasn't as grand as I thought you see.
I primped my hair and flipped my hair
and still felt way out of place,
A waste of money on all the makeup I bought in spree;
Mascarras,lipgloss,eyeshadows, grossly changing my face.

Now I am home away from the Com College show,
I think about what transpired today
I think of all the compliments and arched brows
and I realize that I was led astray,
I was led to believe that your world had it all,
'Glamour', 'popularity' and 'physical beauty'.
But I was the same on the inside under that itchy disguise.
So now that i'm back home, thoughts of today etched in my mind
it just clicked to me,and I just realized...
This fabricated world is your world, not mine.
Danique Yolanda Williams

Copyright ©2008 Danique Yolanda Williams

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