Very well done, Anne - a succinct and vivid portrait of a damaged self-image - the inner conflict is evident here - clever use of the acrostic form.... d:-)
This is one of the finest acrostic poems I've ever read, Anne. It's like flicking the bathroon light on and catching your true self staring back at you in the mirror. Nicely done!
Pe4ce...
This rocks Anne! Especially, "Aknowledged beauty under a Gremlin’s guise Entombed" - very well done, wonderful flow, and captivating imagery of this tragically all too frequent dichotomy of external beauty versus internal essence...great read :-)
In my experience the difficulty most people have with accrostics seems to be making the line breaks happen in the poetically as well as formally right place, ie not only following the rules but creating a satisfying poem. You have the nack of making it seem a natural and easy skill!