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Beautiful I remember being a young girl Wanting to fit in Thinking pounds of makeup would make me pretty So unsure of myself With no self-esteem I had no clue That just being me Was more than enough It was Beautiful Wanting so bad to fit in I let myself believe that going by a different name Would make me pretty And make people want to be around me So first I went by Gina, Then I changed the spelling to Gena Then to Jeanna Not realizing that no one really cares how it is spelled And no matter what My real name is enough It is Beautiful As I grew up I began to learn Friendship Isn’t about quantity It’s more about quality It was a lesson I had to learn on my own Through a lot of abuse Being used most of the time Yet among the users and abusers Without realizing it there was a few Who were true With them though it wasn’t about the makeup The hair or the name It was about me The real me And from them and my family I learned that Just being my self is Beautiful So Gina, Gena and Jeanna well they are gone It’s Jean now And I am proud of that I am proud of who I am And even if I don’t have an army of friends The ones I do have I am happy to have because for the first time I can honestly say They are true friends Who like me for me And that right there Is more than good it is Beautiful So now the makeup is minimal Just enough to enhance the beauty that is already there I wear my hair however I like I don’t worry about fitting in I believe that if it is meant to be then It will be because I am being me Not the person I used to think everyone wanted me to be Now I know that While the fake me yeah she was pretty Where the real me is more Because I am Beautiful By: Jean Bonella Shular Here is to being who you are and loving it. Not letting anyone tell you who you should be. Here is to being Beautiful.
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