Beauty IV
Funny how you don't have to be obese
To not fit in somewhere.
People felt you needed to lose weight in imperfection
They'd pick at your flaws like food their tongue had restraining orders against
You felt more alone than ever
You had enough tears to quench the thirst of the Sahara
Asking yourself if you are made in God's image
Why doesn't anyone want to be around you?
If God doesn't like ugly
Why would She make you so?
Look at me
And listen with every fiber of your being to the following...
You are NOT the problem.
You are beautiful.
You are lovely.
You are magnificent.
The reason they don't want to be around you
Is because the most frightening thing next to the unknown
Is to see your true self.
Everything they don't like about you
Is to take their eyes off of everything they don't like about themselves.
Everything they don't like about you
They like it...
Just not on YOU.
They want to take it from you.
Here's the living nightmare for them though...
They have what you have
It just looks ugly on them and they can see that.
You have what they have
You just make it God-like...
And they can see that.
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Nicely done Donavan, thanks for sharing:) xoxo
Thanks so much, your words are very appreciated :)
I battle with myself everyday with low self-esteem,
and avoid large groups of people in my life due to the negative effect
it has on me, with backstabbing or jealous nature of my old friend's became enough
for me to exclude myself from their lives.
~ when in gods eyes we are all equal.
it's people who are indifferent.
Nardine I'm actually really happy you came out and said all that...because now I feel like this poem has found someone who needed to see it. I wrote this poem for women who struggle with self-esteem...I have self-esteem trouble myself but I'm working on loving myself more and more every day. And with that confidence I write poems like this to send healing hope love and smiles to people with the same struggle, such as yourself. I want to know that your beauty isn't overlooked. It is there,always has been there and always will be. And I see it, even if everyone else doesn't. Most of all, you are appreciated and loved for EXACTLY who you are both inside and out - a Goddess.
Your words are not just words, they grow feathers and fly..
I'm going to read this to my daughters tomorrow
its exactly what i think they need to hear, thank you for your loving words
I'll never forget your kindness, you are on the right path to inner healing
much love nardine xoxo
That means the world to me. Shall I be lucky enough, your daughters will share the same thoughts and feelings that you have. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, for even reading my work, and for opening up to me about your struggles. Healing Hope Love & Smiles from me to you
Truly Yours,
Donavan
Donavan McNeil
Great write, thanks for sharing, my applause, my vote
Regards & Love
WILLIAMSJI MAVELI
Thanks a lot, your words are definitely appreciated!
Insightful poem and memorable.