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True Beauty

November 21, 2022
By magabu256 BRONZE, Kampala, Other
magabu256 BRONZE, Kampala, Other
3 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Anything you can imagine you can create. Oprah Winfrey.


When you look in the mirror, do you like what you see?

To those who say yes, jocund l’m sure you are

that spirit you should keep,

don’t let those negative feelings creep.

 

To those who say no,

doubtful melancholic faces are all I can see.

Trapped in a dungeon waiting to be set free,

plebs are all they think they can be.

 

feelings of worthlessness pervade their mind

they all don’t think they are one of a kind

no one knows I exist is all they can say

stuck in a trance, self-confidence they seek to enhance

 

itty bitty models they compare themselves to

posey, they become because they want to woo

unable to speak up thinking no one will clap

 

all I can hear are voices of rigid, poise, harlequin,

sassy, classy, fussy personalities just dying to come out.

 

You might think it's all flummery but no,

this is not buffoonery.

I am not flurried because I have been there

now gaze, confidence is what I wear

 

if I do say so myself

true beauty, more of inspiration, less focused on fashion trends

more of belief, less of comparison,

instead of comparing, just add flair

you’re all beautiful the way you are.


The author's comments:

In the world we leave in, many teenagers have low self-esteem, and this can bring depression among them, this poem encourages them not to change the way they are to fit in with their peers, but rather be themselves and accept who they are.


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on Dec. 29 2022 at 12:26 pm
magabu256 BRONZE, Kampala, Other
3 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Anything you can imagine you can create. Oprah Winfrey.

Thanks Afra

Afra ELITE said...
on Dec. 9 2022 at 8:21 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

This is what most of us need right now...
Great work!!! Keep writing!!!

on Nov. 30 2022 at 12:21 pm
magabu256 BRONZE, Kampala, Other
3 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Anything you can imagine you can create. Oprah Winfrey.

Thank you @EveLOverlord

on Nov. 25 2022 at 10:19 am
EveLOverlord SILVER, San Antonio, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
The only way that anyone can truly learn is through pain, through emotional scars that remind you everyday why you won't make the same mistake again.

Good job, it has a good message