As I stare into the mirror And see the face of the unwanted Unworthy eyes Stare back at me As the hateful words Play in my ears I reach up and touch the face That others say is evil My fingertips dance Over my lips Glide up my cheek And sail above my eyes I ask myself I ask the image That stares tearfully Back at me Hating me For being me For not being them I ask myself What did I do wrong? Pigments of darker so Are not welcome with them And too light To be amoungst the outcasts I stray aimlessly Across the plain Searching for belonging In this valley of Death And as each nightmare Drags on into day I ask myself What did I do wrong?