What Other's See

by SKermitgorf

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You look in the mirror and you don’t see what others see.

You think you’re ugly, no matter that everyone tells you that you’re cute, and it makes you blush and think of puppies and babies.
It doesn’t make you think of yourself.
Trying to fit in and be in style you wear your hair long, like all the other guys, retro, like black & white photos’ you’ve seen from the 1960’s.

You don’t like to smile, especially when someone has a camera and says ‘cheese’. Your teeth aren’t movie star white and straight. But neither are you. Well you are white, but..

And when you open your mouth to speak, with a slight lisp, even your very best friends tease you and call you ‘queer’, or ‘sissy boy’.
You act like it’s funny, but inside you cringe and hope they don’t find out your secret.

The Prom is coming up and your mom is all excited, thinking that you’d actually go and dance with a girl. Maybe you will just so no one suspects.
You think, maybe Jesse will be there and decide to go.

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  1. What Other's See

    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 11 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    dude! Very nice. Thanks for the read.

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    Yeah Write!'s Buddy Icon Yeah Write!

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    inspiring. i couldn’t form the proper sentence to express how i feel about this subject but basically i’m sick of people being mistreated.

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    Jenunique's Buddy Icon Jenunique

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    So much feeling. So real. I love it.

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    someday_93's Buddy Icon someday_93

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I totally agree with Yeah Write. This is great, and dealing with a very painful subject.

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    .:band baby:.'s Buddy Icon .:band baby:.

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I agree with someday and Yeah Write. very nice, and very real

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    One Time, One Chance's Buddy Icon One Time, One Chance

    Posted 11 months ago

    the guy in the picture is hott..
    ..oh and the story’s good too!!=D

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    Apostrophe 's Buddy Icon Apostrophe

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    beautifully illustrated, the perils of adolecence.

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