Different
The veiled girl holds a single rose,
she walks into a room and then she quickly froze.
The eyes of judgment fall upon her,
she listens to all the words that they started to murmur.
They didn't know who she was and they didn't even know her name,
she was well aware that she was different but she had no shame,
she stood there in confidence and took a deep breath,
still in her right hand that flower stayed kept.
Each step she took would be followed by eyes,
the people would gaze and seem to be mystified,
the nameless girl took the stage,
and she felt as though she was being examined in a cage.
She lifted her veil to show her beautiful face and began to speak,
her eyes wandered the crowd as her heart started to leak,
she said, "I'm sorry I'm a little different, but I'll never change",
"I'm not planning on being you or deciding which part of me I should rearrange"
She looked at the rose and brought it to her face,
each petal slowly began to open and fall into place,
she said "the beauty is seen from within and not from the outside"
and with those words she began to abide.
The crowd stood back and went silent for a little bit,
they all looked around each other and felt some regret,
for judging a lovely girl that they had just met.
Copyright © Fabianna Pergolizzi | Year Posted 2007
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