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Society Doesn't Decide
August 27, 2014
I refuse to use
Society's definition of pretty because
All it does is tell us that we're not pretty enough
From when we could understand
Pretty was skinny and tall
Tall and small
We were trained to call that pretty
But beauty is in the eye of the beholder
But society has makes us colder
They don't have a right to tell us who we are
They can't tell us we can't be a star
In truth everyone was beautiful
Since a baby they were pure
Untouched by society
We knew that it was quality not quantity
They tried to take our individuality
But we were attacked and transformed
Formed and shamed
Now when we change
We close our eyes
Because we don't want to see ourself
We risk our health
All for a lie
It caused our hearts to cry
Cry out for the girl we used to be
For the times where you can be you
And I can be me
That sweet innocence we knew as children
We wish for the way it was back then
We were innocent not arrogant
We loved who we were
Nothing was lacking
But when we grew
So did the laughing and attacking
So we sit here crying
Feeling like crap
When it was society lying
And saying all that
That you can't be pretty
If you don't look like a Barbie
So we are forced to play a game
With rules they set
All for fame
But they won't let
Let you be you
Or let me be me
© Sarah Q., Leawood, KS
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ambivalent SILVER said...
on Jun. 6 2016 at 12:10 am
I can feel your pain through your writing.
My friend is one of the most beautiful girls that I've met and she doesn't see it because others who don't want to take the time to get to know her and make her feel like bad for how she looks.