Long silky hair brushes against her face,
She thinks her life's a disgrace,
Lonely and fearful,
She hides from the world,
Contents of her stomach where being twirled,
Nothing she feared would get in her way,
She was going to be beautiful one day,
She would be like the others,
Pretty,
Tall,
And thin,
That's what she thought it would take to win,
To win the battle of beauty,
Against all humans,
The battle of popularity,
Against the world,
The battle of life,
The struggle of strength,
The time she needed to re-gain,
Regain her confidence.
Beauty is there,
Inside her,
Longing to come out,
It surely will someday,
Without a doubt,
She is beautiful,
In many ways,
Inside us all,
Hides something deep,
Our fear of being beautiful,
Our fear of beauty.
Author notes
Written January 5th, 2006
A contest entry
- Beauty by Psycho Jess.
800 points, ended January 8, 2006, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Pretty Like needles by Lithium n lollipops.
335 points, ended January 24, 2007, 10 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Women's Options (Guys are Welcomed Too) by Dlvvanzor.
450 points, ended August 10, 2007, 13 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - MY AP SLUT ROUND 1 - PREWRITES ONLY by amaranthine lover.
300 points, ended August 8, 2007, 25 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Do you deserve this? by Never Fall in Love.
850 points, ended August 14, 2007, 60 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - ALMOST Anything and Everything! Win Memberships! by kiwikrazi37.
369 points, ended August 14, 2007, 57 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - I'm free by JadalaStar.
700 points, ended September 3, 2007, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Poems for my wall by Lauren Noir.
650 points, ended August 31, 2007, 83 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - beauty... by shutter-bug.
600 points, ended December 13, 2007, 22 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Just Give Me Something To Read by HerbalGoat.
300 points, ended January 18, 2008, 89 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - So they say... Beauty is all that counts... by Perception.
550 points, ended May 9, 2008, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
1 - 22 of 22
-
Always the battle right? Nice job on this poem
Thanks for entering, and best of luck in.... my contest 
-
very interesting write. it made me stop for a second, then I realized that I have never even concidered any sort of beauty in myself. I do in others, but never myself.
-
beauty is only skin deep. You have expressed this well, and in doing so examine our obsession wit outward appearance. nicely done
-
i can definately relate to the fear of not being beautiful and not seeing it in yourself...
-
fear of beuty, those are some great thoughts, it's probably because I would have never thought of anyone who would fear the beauty that lies inside(or outside) them.
Thanks for sharing this... it did shed a new light on things. I liked what Riftkin said: how beauty is hard to be seen in one-self. Very... liked the message of your poem, the flow is good as well.
Good luck in the contest. -
our fear of beauty...very original idea. a truely beautiful poem, thank you for entering!
-
Beauty is there,
Inside her,
Longing to come out,
It surely will someday,
Without a doubt,
beauty is hard to be seen in one self -
I liked the ideas behind this
It really was interesting
You explored many ideas, all interesting
I liked how this was unique
But I didn't like the rhyme that much
It was strong enough to go without it
This was interesting, it was really well written all through and gave interesitng points of veiw, it was an interesitng perspective
It worked!
Well done, good luck and thanks for entering
-
strong, thanks for the entry
-
Very well doe. Beauty is all relative and it would be nice if more people say it that way. Great write and good luck in the contest.
-
Very Nice Poem
I liked this poem very much!!! I can relate to that a little, in my earlier years. Hope things are different for you now, and better.'Take care & 'God Bless you'.Love, Shirley ann shaw-raytown,mo.......
-
Interesting perspective, unique. Well done! ^_^
Thanks for entering the contest and I wish you the best of luck,
-Dlvvanzor -
great point of view.
-
oh wow.
-
my all time favorite.
-
Image has become such the centre of everyones attention and world..and its so sad..everyone is beautiful in there own way and yu did a great job at desribing how beauty has taken over the world..your words were trong, powerful and beautiful..I trully enjoyed reading this poem..kep writting you are great at it! good luck in the contest.!~
-
OMG
-
wonderful!
wow! i loved it! thank you for commenting on my poem, "flyin' higi." it means a lot to me when someone comments. thanks again! you have a good writing style! -
hmmmm. this is interesting. It's really a unique concept, being afraid of beauty. I like how you talk about our model of beauty how you have to be tall and thin and beautiful. I'm so sick of the media giving us this bs. we have to change it.
excellent poem! -
well writen
perfectly writen and something i wish i could write but wouldn't know how to start this was very good...i wish more people could write about this and have it well writen to -
i love this!!! i know exactly how she (person in the poem) feels its just heart breaking how most poeple want to be beautiful and try and try but already are beautiful...it kinda reminds me of my poem (Lonely Girl) but anywho...great job!
-
Wow. This is a completly different way of thinking about beauty and I really like it! Although I had thought about the pain that comes with "being beautiful" and the suffering of many in the strive for beauty I had never thought about having a fear of beauty. Hmm, I now have something new to think about (its rare to get the cogs in my brain turning - so nice work!
). Great ideas and a well written piece, thankyou for entering, best of luck. JESSxxx
Adding your comment:
1 - 22 of 22
