Be Beautiful

 

Be beautiful

She knows

You can be

She knows

Most things

She whispers to me

And giggles

As if I understand.

The warm

Moist

Breath tickles

My ear

But

(Regardless of what

She thinks)

I don’t understand

What she says.

I understand

One phrase

She repeats

Over and

Over again

“Be beautiful”

But she means it

Not for me

But for you

So listen

To her native tongue

Follow it

For she won’t be

Here long

Be beautiful

Not for her

However

She doesn’t want

You to just

“Be beautiful”

Because she says so.

Want to be beautiful

For you

And only you

Because she knows

You can

(And so

Do I).