Synthetic
By: Maylee Simon
A girl is given makeup
She feels like she did just wake up
It’s not always a good thing
Next thing you know she’s covered in bling
When she has a lust for beauty
It just would rust her soul truly
Making our brains make us change just to be somethin’ to someone else
Giving no caring answer just giving all these wells
When everyone says we're pathetic
Cuz we’re not quite as synthetic
Keeping everyone chasing a popular status
When your looks are more fake as is
When all you are is hated
And you would only get rated
Like I care
Solely about my hair
This peer pressure
It affects her
It changes her brain
And makes her insane
Losing the girl I used to know
Chasing beauty like from Van Gough
Lost all reality
She’s not who she used to be
She’s got game, got the fame
But at what cost
When you look at all she’s lost
She’s covered by a mask
When you’d get an answer now you can’t even ask
She used to be my anchor
But now I think she doesn’t know her
In her skin I used to see incandescence
All of the fluorescence in the essence is lost
Over her sunray smile I see is a coat of frost
Covering up imperfections I call perfect
When you reflect, you’ve lost all respect
All you see is a soul that was eject–ed across this galaxy
When I try to bring the girl I knew back, she claims, “It’s fallacy”
I lost her to the mirror
Now I feel I fear her
Blowing hopes and dreams away
Because your more worried how you look today
I wish she didn’t care how she looked
Cuz looks, my best friend you just took
She used to be sentimental now she’s numb
Waiting for their approval giving her a thumb
I feel like I am missing her
When all these memories turn to a blur
When all she does is cover up her face
All her outfits are layered in lace
The girl that I used to see
Is lost to the mystery
When you have to look pixelated
Because you can’t score low when rated
Please don’t feel insecure
I need you so I to stay secure
When you’ll never be known like William Henry Harrison
Because your stuck in a state of comparison
When they say just try makeup
Makes me feel your making me fake up
When off the list I have checked
Makes me feel like I’m wrecked
Cuz I don’t fit your definition
One more addition
Your beautiful without fake stuff