Lies I'm Tired Of

All my life, I've been told, I've been sold,
that my skin is too pale.

On the other side of the world,

Leixin has been told, has been sold,
that her skin color is too dark.

And now we're sitting across from each other in the library,
bravely whispering, discovering how we've been shamed,
and how we've thought we were ugly
for no FUCKING reason.






Alternate ending #1

...and how we've thought we were ugly.

I'm done buying it.

Alternate ending #2

...and how we've thought we were ugly
to please no one but a liar
who delights in our misery.