That recessed chin of yours, your bulging eyes, your huge ears? All of those impacted your life more than anyone ever realized. They shaped the way people looked at you before they even heard a word from your mouth. They turned first impressions into silent judgments. And gradually, those small things, those features you never asked for, began to shape the path you walked.
The invitations that never came. The glances that turned into stares, then quickly into avoidance. The way laughter in a room sometimes felt like it was meant for you, even when it wasn’t. They were laughing at u, not with u. All the happy memories you could have made… fun sleepovers, whispered secrets at parties, first kisses without hesitation… never happened. They never had the chance to exist.
You learned to shrink your voice, to hunch just slightly, to hide in plain sight. You watched others live out what seemed like a fuller version of life, wondering what it might have been like to be seen as beautiful from the start. You tried to believe that personality mattered more, but even then, you questioned whether yours had the space to shine.
And the saddest part is that the world didn’t even notice what it stole from you.
The invitations that never came. The glances that turned into stares, then quickly into avoidance. The way laughter in a room sometimes felt like it was meant for you, even when it wasn’t. They were laughing at u, not with u. All the happy memories you could have made… fun sleepovers, whispered secrets at parties, first kisses without hesitation… never happened. They never had the chance to exist.
You learned to shrink your voice, to hunch just slightly, to hide in plain sight. You watched others live out what seemed like a fuller version of life, wondering what it might have been like to be seen as beautiful from the start. You tried to believe that personality mattered more, but even then, you questioned whether yours had the space to shine.
And the saddest part is that the world didn’t even notice what it stole from you.
