the Truth About Being Beautiful | Teen Ink

the Truth About Being Beautiful

May 25, 2011
By swimmergirl5683 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
swimmergirl5683 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

What is beautiful?
Straightened hair,
Bangs, a slight side part,
Long, skinny legs,
A deep overall tan,
Makeup laboriously applied,
Being less than 120 pounds?
Carefully planned outfits,
Crisp ironed shirts,
A smile always hinted at,
Never to be upset,
Never to be anything
Less than perfect?
Is it all in looks, in genetics,
What my parents looked like?
Can’t I just be beautiful
The way I am,

Even if I have
Messed up hair,
If my skirt is stained,
If my jeans won’t fit because
I gained a little weight?
Won’t you just accept me the way I am?



Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 7 comments.


on Jun. 24 2011 at 6:29 pm
introducingshelby GOLD, San Diego, California
15 articles 1 photo 139 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;People change so you can learn to let go, things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they go right, and things fall apart so better things can fall together.&quot;<br /> -Marilyn Monroe

It was one of those poems where you start to question a lot of things in life. I like poems that make you think c:

 

I also like knowing that I'm not the only person who feels this way..


renni SILVER said...
on Jun. 24 2011 at 5:06 pm
renni SILVER, Crete, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
Sometimes, that girl who seems so strong, who never lets what people say bother her, who smiles and laughs with her friends all the time, is really the girl who, deep down, is falling to pieces.

hehe :D you deserve to feel honored for such a good poem.

on Jun. 24 2011 at 5:03 pm
swimmergirl5683 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments
thanks! i feel honored :)

on Jun. 24 2011 at 5:02 pm
swimmergirl5683 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments
thank you :) i think this is one of my best happy poems, im glad you liked it

renni SILVER said...
on Jun. 24 2011 at 2:09 pm
renni SILVER, Crete, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
Sometimes, that girl who seems so strong, who never lets what people say bother her, who smiles and laughs with her friends all the time, is really the girl who, deep down, is falling to pieces.

i love this !! :D one of my favortie poems :) great job!

on Jun. 23 2011 at 9:52 pm
TheHangingGirl BRONZE, Winter Haven, Florida
1 article 1 photo 250 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poets utter great and wise things that they themselves can not comprehend.&quot;

Agreed. This should be posted in the magazine. I love it and i felt differently before i read this poem. Thank you and keep writing!

Anagam BRONZE said...
on Jun. 23 2011 at 2:13 pm
Anagam BRONZE, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1 article 0 photos 339 comments
beautiful! :)