Have you ever wished you could
change who you are?
I could have rivalled Madame Tussaud,
with my waxy sculptures.
Made in the corners of
upper school proms and family get-togethers
with cheap table candles, a pound a dozen.
Well, what else does a social outcast do
at parties?
I dip my fingers into the heat
to work my magic
as my fingerprints, my identity,
they're sealed with layers of wax.
After creating "Adalia",
a beautiful figure as tall as a pencil
with at least twenty candles worth of wax,
I sit back to admire my masterpiece.
The only reminder I thought I'd have of prom.
But never had I foreseen
the girls approaching me
and picking up my treasured Adalia.
Their words still echo in my ears.
"She's beautiful, and so are you."
I'll never forget...
how I peeled the wax from my fingers,
how I let my identity shine that night,
and how we danced with Adalia in our midst.
Now I know that you should never change who you are...
because every girl is beautiful.
Author notes
I chose the name of the wax sculpture to be Adalia, because I think it's such a pretty name... it's the name of the poem because Adalia showed everyone the speaker's true beauty. 
Note: Though written from a first person view, and though I love to make stuff out of candle wax, this isn't about me. The girl in the poem is similar to me, but not the same.
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Comments
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.... have you ever noticed that certain references come in cycles. Like you will think about something or some phrase and then with in 2 days time 2 other friends will recite that back to you. It could be something from a movie or pop culture in general? Well there you went with me I though about the movie The Wax Museum (Halloween time ya known) them my daughter yesterday mentioned the same person you did Madame Tussaud, I just thought that there was some paradox going on or something. Quit stalking my thoughts!
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Clever write...change your identity...I have what they call topical dermititus, I have problems with getting finger printed, the cops told me I would make a good crook...lol, this is unique, to erase your finger prints...excellent. Blessings.
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