A young girl sits upon her bed
and writes of bitter sorrows
Feeling misshapen and unloved
she dreads all her tomorrows
The mournful words wept on her page
Show the splendor locked inside
Too young to understand the truth
true beauty sometimes hides
I’d like to tell her that someday
she’ll look and see a swan
but the mirror’s not the only thing
that beauty’s based upon
It’s the spirit and the soul that count
when love searches for a home
It’s those who love what can’t be seen
whose hearts will never roam
For as life goes on great looks will fade
And the mirror’s only telling lies
face and form mean nothing
True beauty never dies.
Patricia Gibson-Little
July 6, 2003
Author notes
Written July 7th, 2003
In a list
A contest entry
- Emotions... by MySoul-Complete.
262 points, ended July 28, 2003, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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this is a really beautiful poem.
It flowed well, it rhymed EXCELLENTLY and it touched me.
"I’d like to tell her that someday
she’ll look and see a swan
but the mirror’s not the only thing
that beauty’s based upon"
flows particularly well... and touched me especially too.
Very special poem, extremely beautiful.
Well done.
Jo x x x -
Is this....for me? You can't believe how special I feel, and this is such a beautiful poem! I feel so special!!! You have no idea how much this means to me! I'm speechless!
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I know this is probably almost the whole thing, but I liked it.
I’d like to tell her that someday
she’ll look and see a swan
but the mirror’s not the only thing
that beauty’s based upon
It’s the spirit and the soul that count
when love searches for a home
It’s those who love what can’t be seen
whose hearts will never roam
For as life goes on great looks will fade
And the mirror’s only telling lies
face and form mean nothing
True beauty never dies
So sweet and so true! I thank you for this. Good writing. I wish you luck in this contest!
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Amazing**********
AMAZING!!!!!!! Patti
This is truly beautiful, and contains so much wisdom
Take care,
Karen
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Wonderful!
Awesome!!!! You have done a wonderful job on this piece!!!
"For as life goes on great looks will fade
And the mirror’s only telling lies
face and form mean nothing
True beauty never dies. "
I love this stanza! WOW this piece is great! It reminds me of the days when I was a young girl and heartbroken sitting on my bed writing all my feelings down in my writing journal. Wonderful!
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