Everday Mannequin

mannequin
 /'manIkIn,-kwIn/
noun
 a dummy used to display clothes in a shop window.

 I sit there in a closed glass box

 adorned in those pretty dresses

that everyone seems to want.

Thousands of eyes gaze over me. 

Everyday.

Lusting after the jewels and clothes I wear.

I see the need in their eyes . 

For it's difficult to hide desire.

The yearn to be as perfect 

as the doll in the box.

I sit there. My Hair made. 

My clothes neatly pressed.

I am furnished head to toe 

to steal away their gazes

I sit there in that glass cage.

My exterior perfectly designed.

I want them to pick me. 

Pick me. 

I want to shout. 

But not for my dresses,

not the perfectly superficial me

Run away. 

If you're just here for 

the external perfection I am dolled up 

to be.

For the glitter and gold 

is a trick.

An illusion

into getting you pick me.

You'll soon realize all that I'm not 

You'll regret me.

Instead

Pick me. But,

With all my flaws. 

Not for the flawless façade I mask

my imperfections with.