To Anyone Who Doesn't Think They're BeautifulA Poem by beautifulbladeA poem for you.
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I'm not gonna tell you that you're beautiful because my words could never be enough to break the wall of glass that you somehow think protects you. I'm not gonna tell you that you're beautiful because you only hear my words in a way that makes you think I'm lying, that I'm always lying, lying when I look at you and say 'your eyes are endless galaxies' and I get lost in the twinkling lights that show up when you smile. Stars never shine so brightly as when they're dying, and I would ride through space to save you, but still you think I'm lying -- crying wolf as I pull on the Cat's Comet Tail trying to fly through the asteroid field that guards you, you, you beautiful dying star that will never believe but simply stop trying to shine to live to be to be to be more than what you see what you see in your reflection. I'm not gonna tell you that you're beautiful but I will tell you that you're worth more than worthless, more than gold more than the mirror that can never truly capture beauty, shooting stars concealed behind your smile giving glimpses of peace playing hide and seek behind planets, flying saucers on a collision course with icy insecurities. I'm not gonna tell you that you're beautiful. You wouldn't believe me, we've never even met, but I know you. I see you. You can hide behind a screen name and a smile, but I know you, know your pain know that the secrets you hide behind those lips and the undertones in the words that you type say more than you could ever say ever say ever say has anyone ever said that they love you? Has anyone ever meant it? You are Pluto, feeling demoted because of your second-class size crooked eyes and imperfections, but Pluto will ALWAYS be a planet in my book. You hang out at the outside of the picture, orbiting around happiness but just out of reach because you never believe that it is yours for the taking. Cold, unloved, unwanted, Pluto was a place mat where only the strong survived. When we were kids, it marked the start of 'Infinity and Beyond.' I'm not gonna tell you that you're beautiful, but every step you take is the start of a new path that started back in a grade school class when you couldn't wrap your head around just how long of a journey it would take to reach the outskirts of our solar system. Hell, you thought the two hour ride to grandma's house was never gonna end, but you sure wished you could bend the rules of space and time, fly to the end of infinity just to see how far it goes. And you? You beautiful dying star shooting through space and all the time wondering who and what you are because you just can't accept that shining brightly doesn't have to mean that you're dying. We sent satellites into the sky and found the edge of our imagination when we discovered things that we had never even dreamed, and, in the same way, I will send rockets up to find you, to smash into that glass wall that you somehow think protects you. Maybe, in the glimmer of the light shining off the falling pieces you'll see beauty in the millions of stars and realize what you see is your reflection. © 2015 beautifulbladeAuthor's Note
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1 Review Added on August 30, 2015 Last Updated on August 30, 2015 Tags: love, friendship, beauty, spoken word AuthorbeautifulbladeMNAboutMy name is Mariah Lichty. I'm 20 years old and have been writing for around six years. more..Writing
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