For What Its Worth - poems

Ugly

4-9-15

Blonde hair and blue eyes
they say perfection but they are full of lies
I have a sweet face they say
and look like a little girl who hasn't aged a day
I should wear dresses and make up my face
and walk and act with sheer grace
I should lose some weight so I can float on air
its only being fair
I could be beautiful they tell me
but I don't want to be
I am sixteen
I am not too keen
on being a baby
when I am a young lady
I am not pretty
I have dirty blonde hair and my face is gritty
makeup can't fix the ugly of a teen
they are all very mean
and can't seem
to understand that I don't really care what others think of me
I will always be ugly and see
I used to try
so I know the truth and that's why
I don't really care and dainty isn't really me
so let me be!
I am a princess in chains
covered in many shames
appearance wise I will never be good enough
so trying to be would push me through the rough
I don't care
I hope my ugliness doesn't make them stare