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A Tale of Beauty

October 29, 2011
By AdiDavis SILVER, Homer, Alaska
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AdiDavis SILVER, Homer, Alaska
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Favorite Quote:
" Well behaved women rarely make history."

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I am beautiful
I am kind
I am me

So hard
to say
those simple
phrases

Lodged in
my throat
for time
and time
again

the mirror
it screams

“Ugly,
Fat,
Not
Worth
It"

Laughing at
me
for
the way my toes
curl
my smile
comes across my
face

Everything
I am
is wrong

Everything I
should be
is always
out of reach

© Amanda J., No. Miami, FL

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