Just a Girl

This poem is written in honor of someone I greatly admire.

She’s just another girl in the world

Not very pretty, not very smart

Lost, confused, and lonely

Yet still reaching for her star

 

She doesn’t know any better

But who does anymore

She just wants to make a difference

In a world so full of wars

 

Smile for the camera now

A pretty face, for a pretty name

She can’t see her own reflection

As she smiles through her pain

 

600,000 people

All screaming for her praise

But do they hear the words she says

Or only see her on the stage?

 

She shouts out her devotion

To a cause to change the world

Holding to the good she sees

In the thought behind each word

 

She dares to blur the lines beneath

Not seeing black, nor white

Taking all the risks she needs

To stand up in the light

 

She shines out in the darkness

Her love a beacon in the night

A flame for all to follow

Towards doing what is right

 

She’s just one girl in all the world

Her beauty is her passion

She’s found herself somewhere within

Faith built in her own fashion

Author's Note

Thanks to all of my beautiful readers, my friends on Twitter, my friends on Facebook, and Amber Benson and Eliza Dushku for supporting my work and passing me along to their fans - I won the poetry contest and the $500 for Tharce-Gulu. I'm glad you all enjoy my poem. Each and every one of you is amazing - and each and every one of you can make a difference. Just stand up and get out there and raise your voice.

Reviews

[Patricia(:]

I'm actually quite fond of this poem, and I'm happy to have found it in my suggested readings. I like how in the beginning you wrote 'She’s just another girl in the world
Not very pretty, not very smart'. Then in the last stanza it says, 'She’s just one girl in all the world Her beauty is her passion'. I don't know, I found that interesting. Lovely poem all together though.

[Frank F. Atanacio]

I think its a well written piece thumbs up all around :)

[Gone]

Wonderful poem and a wonderful cause.

[TL Boehm]

Beautifully written.

[brandongilbert17]

excellent :)

[Colleen C Dunphy]

It is wonderful. I am going to go "like" it now!

Hopefully we can vote more than once!

[Erotic Goddess]

Love the pic you paired with this first off...second off this was just great, I am amazed by how fast you finished it, and awed that you are just moving moving moving with your writing the past few weeks.

I am sure that this one will be noticed by her, win or not.

And to quote another favorite writer of mine, in regards to your work: "You have the soul of a violinist and your words are like music."

:-)

xxoxx

[Alicia_Skye]

Voted :D

I love this, it can definitely be related to any female in a position to do good, which I think if you're determined enough, any one can do good, they don't have to be in a position of power in the first place.

I like how 'she' rises from the darkness, becomes someone for all to take notice of and follow by example.

"As she smiles through her pain" - that line stays with you, it's dark, probably why I like it lol.
Excellent work!