Beauty Within
We've lived, loved, and lost
We gained, grown, and given all we have
We've loved, and we've lost
I have experienced all I can from this life
But to the youth of today I ask a simple question
Why punish those individuals... why show cruelty to those whom we deem different
I have lived outside the box
I know what an outsider is
I know what it's like, to live on the edge
To never be invited in
A source of amusement for those at the top
I am not a toy
I have emotions, that I choose not to show
I may not be as beautiful as the girls on the surface
My type of beauty lies within
A strength that grows each passing day
A beauty unmatched, a brain that challenges
I've lived outside the lines
Waiting for my brothers and sisters
To stand up and join me
We do not need to live inside the box
Ordinary does not apply
We've lived a life worth living
We've fought a fight worth fighting for
Because we are not beautiful on the surface
People approach us warily
But because we have beauty within
We will live life to the fullest
And will make our own marks on the world
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Love, Life, Living.... a teens point of view
PoetryI hope these poems and short stories describe what it's like to be a teenager. Here's a little saying I came up with for it... 'Being a teenager is something we all have to go through, but no one should have to go through it'.
