BEAUTIFUL

Beautiful woman Jagged roads met your feet for so long Your soles now swallow pain Like breathing air Words like whips Beat you down for so long They became infused into your flesh Ugly, fat, skinny, dirty, unworthy, weak You believed in those words That nestled between wounds they inflicted Allowed them to be entombed in scars These words infected you Like poisonous toxins So deep in your veins That you believe all my "you are beautifuls" Can't be true You see them on you like prison bars Yet they are phantoms Unreal Daunting myths you were conditioned to believe You hold them up like shields When good vibes from honest lips Acknowledge the God in you When I offer you flowers in words Like beautiful, queen, goddess You shred them all into love me nots The hearts of those that see your light Grow cold when their veneration At you, their altar, is rejected I sit by Watching you love-hate the ugly Making false gods of derogatory lies I sit by Because it is your elegance to acknowledge The dirty words that cling to you Are your scales to shed To un-see You don't need a shining knight to save you You don't need a woman or man To pull you out from darkness No one can Only you You already have sword in hand You are already all in all Most high, most powerful The only time "beautiful" Will be the crown you wear Is when you place it on your head Until then I wait Hoping my words spark flame in you Until then I offer...beautiful At your feet In your ears With my touch And wait Until you know You are beautiful