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Why Am I Not?

May 26, 2011
By Anonymous

The image of beauty in the world Today is so
Vein, so
Unreal, so
Wrong.
Often times I find myself thinking

Why am I not?

Why am I not
Beautiful,
Wonderful,
Amaizing?

Why can I not
Be myself,
Be like others,
Be like you?

Why am I not
Stunning,
Different,
the Same?

Why can I not be.

But looking at the world around us,
Sometimes it is good to be different.
It is then that I realize


I am.

© Anonymous

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