This Is Not Beautiful

No matter what you tell me…

Image by Sergey

They want you to believe that this is beautiful. That this is perfect. They’ll tag this #goals, say that we look like everything they want to be.

But this isn’t beautiful. No matter what you tell me, this is not beautiful.

I am not beautiful. You can compliment me all you want, tell me you like the gaze of my eyes and the feel of my lips. But no, I am not beautiful.

Image by Desiree Thomas

Can you see? Can you really see? Can you hear the screams all around you?

I’ve been thinking a lot about this word.

BEAUTY.

It means so much yet we’ve distilled it down to mean only one thing.

My hope this holiday is to make everyone inside my life feel as beautiful as the figures I adore outside of it.

CRY

Sometimes I write in emotions. If you’ve read this piece, know that we are all beautiful creatures. But if we do not believe that ourselves, then we lose hope. And hopeless people do hopeless things.

If this touched you in any way, read my novel BEAUTY SCARS . It will move you dearly.

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