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Sep 2013
Have you ever seen a swan cry?
No? Always so graceful?
A rose turn unpleasant to the eye?
No? Always so beautiful?
Has there ever been an ugly rain?
Just drops of water so dreary and plain?
Maybe you'll see a frightful sunrise someday?
Or perhaps you only chose to see it that way
Beauty is all around us
For those with open eyes
And with eyes so beautiful
Surely it's no surpriseΒ 
You cant have missed the best of them all
The very thing for which beauty was named
Surely your face can't always fall
Too blind to accept the blame
The rose is a rose
Day in and day out
The swan never knows
Of any thing called doubt
The rain falls whenever it please
Ignorant to the likes of you and me
But one beauty is a work of love
A fluid mosaic of life and song
Not born perfect like the wing of a dove
But shaped by years so very long
Highs and lows of every day
Like valleys and hills in your soul
Everyone come and gone away
Love and loss taking their toll
See, unlike the swan, rose, or rain
You could choose to be grace or pain
You became something amazing
Not a product of nature
You can choose to take today
And love despite the danger
You chose to weave voice to melody
Not like a bird oblivious
You chose to make someone smile
To be the best of us
So when the world seems so dark and grim
If into despair you're gazing
Remember the beauty of life is within
For you my darling are always amazing
Matthew Nichols
Written by
Matthew Nichols  Ozark, Arkansas
(Ozark, Arkansas)   
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   Gabby Jazzy and Elizabeth Keyes
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