Duality 

Comes to life in you

Petty, catty, and cunning 

Yet soft and kind and the outside 

It’s a show 

A mask you put on

To make people like you

That’s all you care about.

Being liked.

Why? 

So that you’ll find acceptance?

Why are you so insecure 

That you belittle others?

Me?

I’ve seen you do it to other friends as well

Why?

Why do you make me feel bad

About what I have?

What I don’t have?

What I know?

What I don’t know?

To others 

Who don’t know you 

As well as I do

Who just see your surface 

All they see is style, sass, everything society wants us to be

But I know

Every time you make jokes at my expense 

Every time you tell lies for fun

Every time you break me down

It’s just because you hate who you are.

And that’s sad. 

That you feel the need 

To make me 

Hate myself

Because of your insecurities 

I have enough self-hatred on my own

I don’t need yours

So please, 

For the love of God,

Be real

Truly real

Because you and I both know 

This version of yourself 

That you’ve crafted 

Is not really you

Just the you that you wish you were