By Megs
Date: 16 September 2000
The Girl in the Yearbook Photo
Its taken me this long to realize I am somebody
and if I look back just two years
into the eyes of that girl
in the yearbook photo
I forget how I survived
being no one
I look the same to myself in the mirror
hair a bit shorter and blonder
but is that what makes the difference?
You saw me through the nobody days
and made me see
the beautiful part of the reflection
that was me.
You saw me through
and made me into the most confident part of myself
but I am not near enough to you to thank you today.
I am beautiful now
and confident
I have taken many lovers
and I forget the lost glances
the stare-down-at-the-floor days of the girl in the yearbook photo
I am somebody now
I am a sorority sister
I wear clothes from J. Crew and keep a perfect fake tan all year round
with a golden glow to hide the insecurities of
the girl in the yearbook photo.
You can see through the glow
the clothes
the letters
to the nobody days
when you loved me even though
I was nobody
You saw me through
to the most confident part of myself
but I am not near enough to you to thank you today.
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