don't be beautiful
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they keep saying that beautiful is something a girl needs to be. but honestly? forget that.
don't be beautiful.
be angry, be intelligent, be witty, be klutzy, be interesting, be funny, be adventurous, be crazy, be talented - there are an eternity of other things to be than beautiful.
and what is beauty anyway but a set of letters strung together to make a word?
be your own definition of amazing, always. that is so much more important than anything beautiful, ever.
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nikita gill
"i am homesick for a place i am not sure exists. one where my heart is full. my body loved. and my soul understood." • melissa cox
"i ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure." • virginia woolf
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p.s. these words adorned a very practical mug gifted to me by the rockwall county library, which unfortunately, had a run in with the concrete under foot.
poetry four
written 5.18.18 | 9.36pm drip drip drip one moon, yellow and dull steam streaks, curls, and rises blood rushing and i’m uncomfortable < j >
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poetry three
written 4.24.18 | 7:29 pm the sound of breaking on the floor in pieces scattered the light glints and color plays < j >
More"my barn having burned,
i can now see the moon."
• misuta masahide, 17th century japanese poet & samurai
