what if we could
just tell somebody
they were beautiful?
to truly mean it
because it’s
true

I want to know
I demand an answer
I refuse to sleep until
someone explains
why I can’t do
this

there is no harm
no shame
or glory

only love,
the one pure goodness
we humans have to
offer

I want to tell somebody,
everybody,
that they are beautiful

because when I say it,
I mean it

and I say to you,
world,
you are ugly,
cruel and
mean
and
only beautiful
when you don’t
try