Beauty Lies Within

Beauty should be true to you.

"Beauty is in the heart of the beholder"
no newspaper,
fashion magazine,
or person can tell you that you're not beautiful
because beauty lies within
people can say a certain
body type is beautiful,
but as long as you love yourself
you shouldn't care about
other people's perception of beauty
as long as you believe
that everything about you is beautiful
because beauty lies within

Author's Note

Instead of a song to inspire me I used a quote by Al Bernstein. A lot of you enjoyed a line of my favorite songs, so maybe you'll enjoy some of my favorite quotes. Enjoy.

Reviews

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

I liked this poem. I agree with you. "The beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", but not everyone can see that. I think that if they were able to see it then they would feel beautiful. Mostly beauty is in the heart. It doesn't matter what you look like. I loved this poem. Thanks for sharing?

[northern monkey]

And so say all of us.....on this site anyway! Isn't accepting and embracing what lies witihn us is the first step to happiness?

[light and ashes]

Very nice poem and very true. Great work

[Rayne Stanton]

Wonderful and totally true. "beauty lies within" is a great uplifter when someone might feel down about themselves. It's hard to except yourself for who you are but people need to realize that beauty comes in many many many forms :)

[JohnEWordSlinger]

Yes it does, and beauty is truth, thank you much appreciated, WS

[Enjoy]

I enjoyed this poem in terms of the content, found it a little ironic that the line "you shouldn't care about other people's perception of beauty" would come from an aspiring fashion designer/journalist. Otherwise, good work.

[Brittni]

Another work of yours I take pleasure in. Especially the part where you write "As long as you love yourself, you shouldn't care about other people's perception of beauty." That's what alot of people need to read and think about that. I'm all for self confidence too lol, great write!

[quinfinn]

very revealing and truthful. excellent rendering of what beauty is and where it truly lies. you go girl! this one goes with my faves into my library.

[Poetic Beauty]

I agree with you and I love this poem because we all need to think these words more often

[TheMizFit]

This is so true! Great job :)

[Letemdangle]

I'm always searching for the truth in the world. Sometimes it can get real complicated. I like how your poems remind me that truth is a simple observation or emotion.