Is there a perfect girlfriend? Poem, by lilly OvO, at My poetic side

Is there a guide to being

“The perfect girlfriend"

Any detective can tell you the answer is everywhere

In every industrialized makeup product

Every product meant to cover all the parts of you that are

Imperfect

Is our dynamic me wearing makeup

And you believing that will be the only way i can ever truly be

Pretty

Or will you give me a step by step guide on how to love myself

For me

Makeup or not

Would you favor it if i dint wear anything at all

No more struggling to cover up

Every part I hate will soon be loved

My favorite person hiding me from the industries lies

That to be beautiful i need to be perfect

Thank you for finding the beauty in every

imperfection

I dont know how i will survive

The industry will eat me alive if you ever go

Please don't go

I want you to stay to remind me that there's beauty in every imperfection

Comments +

sorenbarrett March 26th, 2026 10:21
This poem addresses the issue of imperfections and can they be loved. It begins with the issue of coverups and market sold beauty and ends with can someone love me for who I am. If a girlfriend loves industry sold beauty that can be purchased then they don't love what lies underneath. That should tell you something. Not that one can not make the best of who one is but not pretend to be something else. A poignant poem for all
Friendship March 26th, 2026 19:44
Well written. Your poem revolves around the struggle for self-acceptance in a world driven by beauty standards perpetuated by the cosmetics industry. The poet grapples with the notion of being the "perfect girlfriend" while questioning the societal pressures to conform to an idealized version of beauty.

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