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Beautiful
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.
Copyright ©
Jean Bonella
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