Youthful eyes, bright with wonder and amazement stare back at the two year old as she discovers mirrors for the first time. She's happy and giggly as she plays with her reflection.847Please respect copyright.PENANAcAKXnFLM7i
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Once flawless skin has become covered in adolescent marks at the age of twelve. But she keeps looking in the mirror, seeing other parts of her that are still very pleasing. 847Please respect copyright.PENANAEdGpbRF2zL
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.847Please respect copyright.PENANAiCaOLGF1oO
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 847Please respect copyright.PENANATbHqHkUhMx
She continues to look in mirrors, grasping on to her self-esteem while others try to put her down. She won't let anyone tell her that she's unattractive. She doesn't believe them.847Please respect copyright.PENANAXdVnAizJGP
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Narcissistic847Please respect copyright.PENANAku2ktb0PvT
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Those were just some of the words she was called in High School at the age of seventeen. But in her mind, she's telling herself that she's beautiful, that what people say don't bug her. In reality, it's starting to get to her. 847Please respect copyright.PENANAWaaHdT9Vtw
The constant noise of social media telling girls how they should look and act has become a virus; spreading from female to female. But she won't be like them. She won't give in to the false pretense of what beauty is.847Please respect copyright.PENANA96Fc3Aripo
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Twenty years old, she's living with some roommates; women who have their own independent thinking. They see the way she acts, the way she constantly looks in the mirror after classes. Hearing words she says to them, about how they're just like every other girl; fake. 847Please respect copyright.PENANAjwf9AaDlqB
They ask why she thinks like that; why she thinks that every girl is fake. She speaks of experience. She says that looking in mirrors and seeing how she looks keep her from giving in to false beliefs of beauty. Mirrors are her friends. 847Please respect copyright.PENANAUzipB9ysCk
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Twenty-one years old, sitting in a psychologists office and telling her story. The man across from her hands over a handheld mirror and asks what she sees in her eyes.847Please respect copyright.PENANAriLSgdTXpa
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She looks.847Please respect copyright.PENANASa3Opt31oP
The twinkle of her youth is gone.847Please respect copyright.PENANA3nUIg371mp
Dull and faded.847Please respect copyright.PENANA9AmYPtltrl
Filled with bitterness and anger.847Please respect copyright.PENANAMHAdVnDkhp
A sharpness that could shatter glass.847Please respect copyright.PENANAP1PXDQ0gKu
Then reality strikes.847Please respect copyright.PENANAX42CQuGJbQ
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.847Please respect copyright.PENANAMtPbMASrXl
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.847Please respect copyright.PENANAAmUgC5ex8h
She's been the fake all along.847Please respect copyright.PENANA6zYAUFAJhy
She looks in mirrors no more.847Please respect copyright.PENANAPYmuzZSSCT
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