Myballad

We will finally love ourselves

Because of who we are

We will know ourselves inside out

Because beauty is heart

The beauty industry kills us

Part of us dies inside

These pictures far from truthfulness

When we hear all these lies

When we can’t look ourselves straight on

When we deplore mirrors

Uncomfortable with ourselves

All these acquired fears

Making us unreal and untrue

We become false and masked

Beauty measured by heart

Is our new on hand task

More difficult to love ourselves

More pressure than ever

Bombarded with false images

Shown light as a feather

Giving disorders to young girls

Making us feel worthless

Changing ourselves for no reason

Our elders are speechless

Why can we not show true beauty

Why must beauty of heart

Be demeaned and shown as worthless

We now must do our part

Our outlook on beauty is flawed

This generation sick

For true beauty comes from within

Within is what I pick

The world must rise to the challenge

To change the way we see

A world of only blind lovers

From sea to shining sea

When the media stops this trend

Of photo-shopped pictures

We will know then what beauty is

When we stop this stricture

We will finally love ourselves

Because of who we are

We will know ourselves inside out

Because beauty is heart

my failed ballad before I realized I did it wrong :P

The way you look at me
Sunlight falling upon your face
Makes me melt at the sight
When I long for that sweet embrace

Looking at me with hope
Your shiny eyes staring brightly
Awkward moments we share
Your arms embracing me tightly

Making me feel speechless
In every possible way
Being amazed by you always
Together forever we sway

Loving you forever
The two of us being just friends
Missing you profusely
Will finally forever end

innerbeauty

Inner Beauty

We live in a world where beauty is perceived as being thin and looking “perfect”. That is not in any way correct. In this world beauty is everything, people die trying to look as perfect as they can be. But let me tell you this; nobody in the world is perfect. Our flaws and imperfections are what make us human.  Having an attractive outer appearance does not make you beautiful; beauty comes from within. Beauty cannot be seen from the outside, but only felt from within. “That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.-- Ninon de L'Enclos” That is my favourite quote, and it shows that nothing is ever what it seems. You have to look deeper and deeper to see the beauty of the heart. It has been said that if someone calls you hot they are looking at your body, if someone calls you pretty they are looking at your face, and if they call you beautiful they are looking at your soul; I agree as this is the the only way to see true beauty. What is beautiful to me may not be beautiful to you, and vice versa. If we open our hearts we might be able to see the beauty in everything around us. To see a beautiful heart or perhaps even a beautiful personality; all we must do is look.  We as a nation decided that beauty was only skin deep, but where are the people that can see beauty in everything? The people that hate no person, that believe everything has beauty, the ones that can say that they honestly believe in love and beauty as opposed to hate and inner ugliness. Well we are here. Hoping for a generation of these people that see only beauty. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius

~Megan Antoinette