the prettiest people aren’t the nicest
like that popular girl in class who pretends
to like your clothes or nails or hair
the nicest people aren’t the prettiest
like that “geek” who helps you up
when you trip and fall
while everyone else laughs

maybe once, you did care about what you wore
or how much you ate in a day
but as time passes
you learn that the word “pretty”
is ugly
and all you want is to rid yourself of it