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"Some thoughts on feeling shameful about love"

I think people are beautiful

The way their eyes 

Gleam with joy

The way their noses

Crinkle

With excited

Anticipation

I think some people

Are stunning

I feel

Ashamed

For this

The way metal shines

Against his

Lips when

He smiles

Fluffy hair

I could run

My fingers through

Listening

To the gentle rise

And fall

Of his breath

My heart

Does

Strange pirouettes

In my chest

When something

Beautiful looks at me

As if I’m a

Strange

And unnerving

Creature

Peeking her head

Out of the delicate

Shadows

In an attempt to understand

A world I am 

Not a part of

I get so

Wrapped up

In what 

People

More beautiful

Then I

Think of me

I wonder

If a shiver

Runs down

Their backs

When I

Something strange

Fragile

And unsure of 

Her belonging

Catches a 

Glance 

At their eyes

Full of 

Wonder

I want to be

Held in

Arms

Gentle as

The petals

Of a rose

Or the silky

Comfort

Of satin pillows

And fluffy

Blankets

I want to be loved

I want to be beautiful

I want

I am ashamed of this

Reviews

[Mystical Ink]

People sees you as how you see the world. We are all beautiful and deserve to be loved.

[Lillian Kirsch]

Thank you for your kind words, friend

[jacob erin-cilberto]

there is nothing wrong with wanting to be beautiful...but I feel beauty is more on the inside, and the speaker in this poem just wants to feel that....no reason for shame---
we all want and need to be loved.
j.

[Lillian Kirsch]

Amen to that, my friend