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I can't wait till this summer tan goes away. I hate that I have this ability to just get darker and darker when I'm out in the sun. I look like a charred turkey. I hate my face. I hate the way I look. I feel so ugly. I hate years of brainwashing in hearing that lighter is more beautiful and that I'm uglier when I'm darker. They have no idea how many times I've been called the ugly ducking because of this darkness. Others see a nice tan; I see ugly. I look ugly right now. I hate what I see when I look in the mirror. I see an ugly duckling. I've always been the ugly duckling.