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Beauty has been

finger-traced in sand

by a society who dictates

the value of skin, yet

their definition

exists only in the temporal-

washed away leaving merely

a ripple in the wake

of promise.



I’d rather they see me

for what lies beneath,

for beauty that

radiates from within.

I aspire to be

erected in stone-

dull on the exterior but

etched permanently

on their hearts.

Rewrite 2012

Beauty has been
finger-traced in sand
by a society that dictates
the value of skin,
yet their definition
exists only in the temporal,
washed away leaving merely
a ripple in the wake
of promise.

I’d rather they see me
for what lies beneath,
for beauty that
radiates from within.
I aspire to be
erected in stone-
dull on the exterior
but etched permanently
on their hearts.