Beauty

You claim you're no beauty.
That you're plain and ugly
and just plain ugly.
That you're nobody.

But I disagree.
For you see,
I don't agree.
There's more to beauty
than what you see.

Why do you tear yourself down?
That's the fastest way
to get to where you don't want to be.
Please listen to what I say.

There's more to beauty
than what you think.
You have more of it
than you realize.

The key, you see,
is to be yourself.


Morris Cox
April 27, 1998