looking at myself

i have small, thin lips and horribly thick eyebrows. i have blue eyes with a gold ring around the pupil. i have a few freckles on my nose and cheeks. i have small hands and feet, short fingers and toes. i have scars on my knees. i have eczema on my arms that i scratch absentmindedly. i have a bit of a belly that i hide with high skirts and dresses. i have dimples on my lower back. i have a dark freckle on my left hand right between my pointer and middle finger, right on the webby part. i have dark hair on my arms that i used to hide with long sleeves. i have dark circles under my eyes when i don't bother to put makeup on. i have a head full of dark brown hair and knots and tangles with words at the root of them all.

synonyms for dark: dull, dingy, drab, lurid.

photo by Sarah Davis, duh.