Uexpected Beauty

• Sevina Jones, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2017

Sometimes beauty isn't quite what you expected
It isn't something fake that can be corrected
It's not the right makeup shade, or models in magazines
It's you, only you, but that's not quite what it seems
Beauty can't be painted on, or tiled with money
It's there when you smile, a smile bright and sunny
A candyfloss personality, a forest of emotions
How you treat others, all those notions
Darling you are so very beautiful, you have to believe
Because if you don't, that glow starts starts to un-weave
Still so very beautiful, but now a song without lyrics
See it's got a sweet tune, but it's got not spirits
Dream big, smile bigger, keep that shiny sweet glow
Believe in you, don't become that falling domino.