Living Barbie

Their eyes sparkle
Their hair shines
Their skin is flawless
And their teeth are white

They are perfect
They are fake
They are accepted

S e e n

Their skin is stretched
Across their bones
Skeletons
Wearing clothes

They are perfect
They are fake
They are accepted

H i d d e n

They are messes
In pretty masks
Their mirrors are of
Deformed glass

They are perfect
They are fake
They are accepted

D y i n g

Their hair is dry
Their eyes are shut
Their face is painted
Their nails uncut

They are perfect
They are fake
They are accepted

D e a d

Their eyes sunk in
Their cheeks stick out
Their bodies cold
They wither about

No longer perfect
No longer fake
No longer accepted

F o r g o t t e n