Day 6: Your Definition of Beauty

The Thing About Beauty

23 October 2014

To my Friend whose Depression is where Mine used to be, It's hard being beautiful and not knowing it.

Every stare is mockery, opposed to mere admiration. & the depth of your mind,

and all that it has to offer,

is shadowed by the looming darkness of the misunderstanding of your own self worth. What is it that lurks in the universe telling us that we are not worthy of what we truly deserve?

Is it the inadequacies

from our failures

that hold us from progressing, when they are meant to aide us in our journey toward success? It seems

that every few moments are filled with second guessing,

and they always manage to replace the familiar and unfamiliar faces standing in the same room.

They trap you in loneliness within crowded rooms

and create distance between that which you once held so close. There is no simple answer

or resolution

to the question of how to fill the void within a damaged soul's core,

but not allowing yourself to fall into,

or be defined by,

the negativity that clouds your perception of your true self,

is the true beginning to knowing what it means to love You. - Someone who sees YOU. 💕

[[I broke the rules for Day 5, but I think this is important. This piece is one that I wrote back in 2014. I had just met someone that ended up becoming one of my closest friends, even until today. She was in a dark space, and it hurt me to see because she is someone that I care about. This piece was to her.. and now it is to anyone that needs it.]]

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