Unbeautiful

A poem I wrote for my Transgender friends

One of those days, where you just

Don’t feel beautiful

One of those days, when your eyes

Seem to deceive you

And people love, to criticize you

And mock your very existence

As a human being

And your ears are bleeding

From all the hatred

 

But can you stop the hate?

Avoid the shame?

One of those nights, where you just

Cry yourself to sleep

And you feel weak

One of those nights, when your brain

Is wide awake, but your body

Feels paralyzed

As if you are under water

In an ice cube

Freezing to death

And your blood turns cold

Inside your veins

And your tears are cutting your skin

On the face you want to be pretty

 

Can you cease the violence?

Can you stop the discrimination?

We are one Nation, but ever so apart;

People are bullied for being different

And it breaks my f*****g heart

 

Why do they stare?

Why don’t they care?

Why can’t they see

What they are doing

To your confidence?

Your self-esteem?

 

They’re crushing your dreams

One step at a time

But you can’t let them win

Can’t let them get to you

Because no matter what you are

No matter what you want to be

Your heart is gold

And you are beautiful

Reviews

[Noah]

Thank you. Today is one of those days for me and I'm glad I read this. It's nice to actually see that we have ally's in a world full of hate and discrimination. This honestly made my day. It's written well and flows nicely, but the message is really what gets me.

[Cassie]

This almost made me cry, I'm so glad I helped. One of my good friends is Transgender - male to female - and she was telling me about how her dad used to beat her because of it and it made me sick so I wrote this =]

[Shadows Ember]

i really really like this piece. very true. it shows that there are people in this world who are harsh and critical. Many people like that show their true colors and should be taught to love everyone equally, but instead everyone is judged on appearance. I love this one. Very well written.

[Cassie]

Very true, I try to meet more people that are more accepting. Thank you :)

[Shadows Ember]

Your very welcome dear.

[Adreamer's Bluejay]

I love the message here, in fact I think I needed to read this today. It's that burst of hope everyone needs from time to time and the way you wrote this was amazing because you used so much emotion and yet it was still completely universal. The simplicity was a nice touch and the word choice was great. I love the flow of this write and the way your voice shines. Amazingly penned

[Cassie]

I'm glad I could help, I wrote it for my two trans friends that were going through being bullied and stuff and it cheered them up =3 Thank you