Imagine.
Imagine yourself looking in a mirror.
What do you see?
Do you see beauty?
I suppose that's a tricky question
When most of us are this young
But before we go on
I ask another
What is beauty?
Well a lot of us don't know
For we are blinded by what society terms as beauty
And so it's hard
It's hard to love yourself
Or see the beauty in yourself
It's hard because you don't know
You don't know what it means to be beautiful
So let's see
Is beauty having no curves
Or is beauty having an hourglass figure
Is beauty being thin
Or maybe it's being fat
Is beauty being white
Or is beauty being black
Well in fact
Beauty is none of that
According to the Collins Student's Dictionary
Definition #2
Beauty is a 'very attractive woman'
So this is telling me that only women can be deemed as beautiful
And brings about another question
What exactly makes a woman "very attractive"
Well society says it's her physical attributes
But lucky for me
I don't allow society to define me
And you shouldn't allow it to define you
Or what you term as beauty.
Society says beauty is skinny
But some of us are fat
Society says beauty is white
But some of us are black
Society says beauty is straight hair
But some of us have curly hair
This may make you question:
"Is something wrong with me?"
Or some of you may think:
"How can I be beautiful?"
How can I be beautiful...
I have stretch marks
How can I be beautiful
I am fat
How can I be beautiful
My chest is flat
How can I be beautiful
I am black
And this is my answer to you:
Beauty is not physical
But rather internal
Beauty is not a pretty face
Beauty is not a certain size
a certain age
a certain race
a certain height
Or even a certain status in society
No.
Beauty is so much more
Beauty is loving you
And this applies to boys too
Beauty is the way you treat others
Beauty is being able to love your body
No matter how big or small
Beauty is a "Good Morning" when you enter a room
Beauty is a "Thank You" after receiving help
Beauty is accepting when you're wrong
Beauty is helping a blind man cross the street
Beauty building up your friends
Not tearing them down
Beauty is loving yourself
Beauty is seeing the beauty in someone else
Being beautiful comes from self acceptance
For only when you see the beauty in yourself
Will you be able to acknowledge it in someone else
Beauty is you
Beauty is me
Beauty is us living together in harmony
Beauty is flawed
Beauty is imperfectly perfect
Beauty is you
Beauty is me
Beauty is in all of us
We just have to let it out you see
So I say again
Imagine.
Imagine yourself looking in the mirror
What do you see?
Do you see beauty?
Please tell me.
A/N
Hey everyone!!
This poem is dedicated to the graduating form 5 class of Bishop Anstey High School 2016.
Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy.
Also HUGE shoutout to TLN for the awesome cover. You rock girl!
Nia out ✌🏾️✌🏾