Beautiful

Because ‘Today is a beautiful day’

This day,
Will be beautiful
When the birds sing in happiness,
Not fear.
When hunger ends,
Whether they choose to eat or not.
When everyone is loved,
No matter who they are.
Than,
Will this day
Be beautiful.

The sky,
Will be beautiful
When we stop having to breathe air,
That is polluted.
When the sky doesn’t have to seem so dull,
Even in it’s brightest moments.
When pale blue is always,
The sky’s favorite color.
Than,
Will the sky,
Be beautiful.

The sight of my friends,
Will be beautiful
When I stop thinking that they will turn their backs on me,
Like so many have done before.
When they understand that,
I can’t just “eat” or “be happy”.
When they allow me to be myself,
Without molding me into a clone.
Than,
Will the sight of my friends,
Be beautiful.

The sun,
Will be beautiful
When it stops aging,
Towards it inevitable death.
When it forgets the ability,
To take the sight from the common folk.
Than,
Will the sun
Be beautiful.

I,
Will be beautiful
When I will stop starving myself,
And not find food repulsive.
When I can go a day,
Without thinking of ending it sooner.
When I can walk the halls,
Without everything being cold and numb.
When I can go home to proud parents,
Instead of ones who judge my every movement.
When I feel that safety is important,
Because living is too.
When I actually want to live,
And still be afraid of dying.
Than,
Will I
Be beautiful.


The world,
Will be beautiful
When birds sing in happiness,
Instead of fear.
When everyone is loved,
No matter who they are.
When the sky doesn’t have to seem so dull,
Even in it’s brightest moments.
When they understand that,
I can’t just “eat” or “be happy”.
When we stops aging,
Towards our inevitable death.
Than,
Will the world
Be beautiful.

I
Will never be
Beautiful.
Only because I count the calories I consume,
And hate myself when I get over 1,000.
Only because I constantly want to jump off
A bridge
And into rush hour.
Only because no matter how many blankets I pile,
I am still cold;
And no matter how many massages I get,
I am still numb.
Only because I never feel safe from judgement,
From my own parents, and if they judge me, than everyone will.
Only because safety is the last thing on my mind,
When I don’t bother to breathe before I jump into the water for the last time.
Only because I don’t want to live,
But I’m too scared to die.

But then again,
The world will never be beautiful.
The birds will never sing.
People will continue to be hated and mistreated because of their looks and sexual orientation.
The sky will always be empty.
They never will understand.
We will all die.

This day is not beautiful.
The sky is not beautiful.
The sight of my friends is not beautiful.
The sun is not beautiful.
I am not beautiful.
The world is not beautiful.

Today
Is
Nowhere
Near
Beautiful.

Author's Note

Is today really beautiful?

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

thanks for entry into my regrets competition, i wish the world was a more beautiful place for you, i hope and pray one day it may be, xxx thanks again good luck

[brokenwriter]

Wow this is so deep and beautiful .

[Khazima Zainab]

yes it is beautiful,you got good skills to compress the beauty in words !

[Trapped]

Thank you! It means a lot!
Flying free forever,
-Briana

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

a great poem, good luck in my losing faith comp

[Fox]

The world is far from beautiful, but this poem was. It captures how the world's problems are never going away, and people will always be judged unfairly for who they are. Nice work.

[Autumn L Gibbs]

This poem is amazingly written. You have a lot of talent. I hate how the world can be so against ones self, just because we are not what they want us to be. But I would like to say, I think everyone is beautiful, and that they don't need to be anyone else around me except for themselves. They don't have to hide anything because I wouldn't turn them away for nothing.
A.G.

[HB Rita]

This is one of the wonderful poem i have ever read! Every short para touched my heart. We all would be beautiful if we want to. The fact is that we just do not want to be beautiful. it is us, could be sometimes the system, society, government, corruption that all mislxed up together to to make the world ugly!
Thanks for your brilliant writing.