"I'm not good enough for him/her."
Why would you say such a thing?
"Have you looked at him/her,
He's/She's beautiful."
Have you looked in a mirror
lately? So are you. So are you.
"Me? Beautiful? I'm
plain as cardboard."
That may be how you see yourself.
but the rest of the world would
be hard to put to agree. You shine
brighter than the Milky Way.
Now there are those who might
try to take that from you, but
you don't have to give it away.
Keep on shining.
And when the right young man/woman
comes along, he'll/she'll love you all
the more for giftin' this sad
planet with your light.
I didn't know how to respond.. and so I went to bed...
Staring out at a corner of the Milky Way, those words floating in my head...
I'd never thought of myself as anything but plain...
Could I see myself as beautiful instead?
This was a territory I almost feared to walk in...
I felt like a snake,
perhaps a bit afraid
of the brand-new
serpent, commanding
an old skin to shed...
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