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What Could Be More Important Than Appearance

We are all the same they brag So we can be friends I look at them One old one young One toothless, one with pretty straight white teeth One dressed shabbily, the other one a band box of beauty I know I am missing something. I am thirteen. I should be able to figure this out Surely nothing is more important than appearance

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Suzette Richards

Date: 5/21/2021 12:51:00 AM

Yes, even adults don't get it right by judging people as worthy when they have surrounded themselves with glitz and glamour. We need to set a better example for teenagers in their formative years.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:45:00 AM

We surely do! I know we can. Let's start now.

Thomas Wells

Date: 5/21/2021 12:29:00 AM

Hi Caren, Society through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old. It is both full of contradictions and brutally honest. Nicely done!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:46:00 AM

Thank you Thomas

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 5/20/2021 3:35:00 PM

A creative write. Yes, appearance is very important. Many do not care. Enjoyed this one. Have a blessed day............

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:46:00 AM

I could care less. I used to care but the closer I get to seventy the more I let myself "just be me".

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/20/2021 10:06:00 AM

Ah, I think you figured it out, Caren, but a thirteen-year-old just doesn't have that intuitiveness yet.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:46:00 AM

They are not there yet, but hopefully they will get there.

Christuraj Alex

Date: 5/20/2021 10:02:00 AM

Adolescent Psychology. Very Nice.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:47:00 AM

Thank you Christuraj

Juliet Ligon

Date: 5/20/2021 8:59:00 AM

Seems to be the most important thing at that age. Effective way of describing it.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:47:00 AM

It surely is and we all have to look and act and be "exactly alike" yet we want to be unique. WHAT???????

Alexis Y.

Date: 5/20/2021 8:58:00 AM

WoW! Caren, It's like I was reading a poem by a thirteen-year-old girl. Peer pressure and the media’s obsession with a superficial perception of beauty doesn't help a young girl trying to figure out who she is. Excellent job. Have a great day:-) Alexis

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:47:00 AM

I have the mind of a 13-year-old girl some days, but other days I am only five.

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 5/20/2021 8:33:00 AM

Well-written poem. I pray those who read it reach the right conclusion, dearest Caren. Hugs xxx

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:48:00 AM

Thank you Demetrious. Curiously the ones who read my poems are usually decades older than 13.

John Lusardi

Date: 5/20/2021 8:13:00 AM

I have to show this work too a close friends 14 year old Daughter, who, as i write, is weighted down under clouds of doubt and depression, regarding Appearance is everything. Its a great observation and sadly a true fact.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2021 3:48:00 AM

I blame social media, magazines, blogs, and fashion advertisers partly.

Quoth Theraven

Date: 5/20/2021 7:41:00 AM

Caren, A sigh illicited in this Verse., the awkward days of thirteen. The main misconception of outward appearances; keeping them up. Look for beauty where you will, it's also found in healed scars. -Richard

Quoth Theraven
Date: 5/20/2021 8:20:00 PM

I fave'd this of course. Somewhere in this poem it hits you like a brick. I dunno why, dunno where, just does. After all, we were all thirteen once. -R

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/20/2021 7:43:00 AM

This is so true Richard

Edward Ibeh

Date: 5/20/2021 6:13:00 AM

Nice! I really enjoyed this piece, Caren:-)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/20/2021 7:43:00 AM

Thank you very much Edward