A Lesser Beauty

To all of you who go through things like this..

She cuts her wrists

and the scars they show

hidden underneath her sweater

so know one ever knows

she cries herself to sleep at night

filled with sadness and despair

wondering if anybody will ever notice

and if they do, will they care?

they call her a loner

say she'll never be enough

her teachers throw her tests back at her

say she couldn't possibly amount to much

the kids they make fun of her

her ratty hair, her torn up clothes

her handmedowns from her siblings

the shoes are worn down in the soles

one night she goes back home

to the abuse she has to bear

her father screams in her face and slaps her

to speak a word, she wouldn't dare

She slips up to her room so quietly

that nobody really notices her gone

until they open up the bathroom door

and with a gasp their words are withdrawn

Heaven gained an angel that night

because of the creulty of the world

the spat out insults and jabs

toward a truly amazing girl

what is this world coming to

that we all feel the need to point

making fun of others in our lives

when its us, ourselves, that disappoint

Why is everybody always so mean

to the helpless, to the weak

immediately shooting down the chances

not giving them a chance to speak

Everybodys idea of beautiful

perfect hair, perfect clothes, its all so snooty

when the most amazing people are the imperfect

They are not a lesser beauty

Reviews

[Laura Harrison]

I'm not going to lie, this poem made me cry... I love a poem that can make me cry

[Darian Justine]

Awh! Well I didn't want to make anybody cry but thank you! I appreciate it!