Recognition of Distortion

Written By Glenn McCrary & Riyah Walton

Magazines are screaming distorted perfection

as we begin to kill ourselves slowly

dying just to be who we're not



Masking all of our fragile insecurities

just to look like the celebrities

killing our bodies to try and look hot.



Not realizing that really we're allowing our brains to rot

by destroying all that is left of us

rather than focusing on what we've got



The images we chase are not what beauty's about

Who we truly are is what matters

Forcing ourselves to be anyone other than ourselves

leaves our true images shattered.



It's time to leave the shattering to the mirrors

and leave the waterworks to the taps

Wipe away the falseness and brighten it with happiness

Until eventually we are back on track.



The distortion will eventually be forgotten

beauty will soon be portrayed as to what lays in the heart

And when the chain is broken, and our voices are spoken

Beauty can be recognized without burying us alive.



By Glenn McCrary & Riyah Walton



© 2010 Glenn McCrary & Riyah Walton (All rights reserved)