poem?

hii so I know it’s 2am my time but I wrote a poem because I didn’t want to do my homework.
So I wrote this really quickly and I just want feedback and a title idea maybe.
Here it is:

You pick up the scissors and stand in front of the bathroom mirror.

It is time

Time to assess yourself.

You think of all the times those girls have taunted your hair

So

You

Chop it off

You are reminded of every instance that boy has made fun of your nose

So

You

Chop it off

You remember each occasion that you teacher commented on your clothes

So

You

Chop them off

You recall every time that you have felt bad about your ears

So

You

Chop them off

You take into consideration each occurrence that your father ridiculed your frown

So

You

Chop it off

You put down the scissors, now stained crimson from insecurities, and look back in the mirror.

You are met with a monster

A mangled mess of jokes and insults and fear

Who was created by the standards of appearance that everybody else has held it to.

The standards that it has held itself too, in fear that if broken, it will be nothing

So you look it in the eyes, and tell it that you

Are

Not

Afraid

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wait the spacing was a little different on Google docs but its fine

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I almost cried reading this because it reminded me of myself…

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omw thats so dark… but that is so good.
to me it rly implied the stress of a public schooler (no offense), and i feel it rly calls to the pressure that they go through

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thanks! yeah that was kinda what i was going for. like beauty standards and bullying

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