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 Dec 2013 McKayla
Brian Martinez
Perhaps beauty is not a thing
Perhaps it is a place
That resides elsewhere
Beyond the fair one's face

Perhaps a hint of kindness
Behind a secret smile
Perhaps a certain stranger
That stops and chats awhile

Perhaps a fragrant flower
That dances in the breeze
Or maybe the whisper
Of the wind through the trees

Maybe its that person
that simply says "I care"
Or it could be your lover
with the dark and shiny hair

It could be the person crying
With tears cascading down their face
Nothing left to live for
Until they find their saving grace

Many things are beautiful
you just have to stop and see
like stopping and reading this poem
Now, that is true beauty.
 Dec 2013 McKayla
dainty wrists
what is beauty?
I have no clue.
but then again
does anyone?

beauty isn't crying yourself to sleep every night
beauty isn't slicing at your own skin
beauty isn't wishing you were dead
beauty isn't skipping meals

this isn't beauty, so
what is?
 Dec 2013 McKayla
dainty wrists
dying to be thin
dying to fit in
dying to be loved
dying to be pretty
in the end
I'm dying to die

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