I Can'T Be Pretty Poem by Azure Critic

I Can'T Be Pretty



Why do U ask me to be pretty
otherwise U won't love me?

I was born into the wrinkles of a forehead
I can't be pretty.
I am squeezed
whenever there's a thought.

I was born into an eye bag
I can't be pretty.
My skin falls
whenever a tear drops.

I was born into a protruding tooth
I can't be pretty,
always feeling uneven
& tied in quiet lips.

I was born into the thumb of a Vietnamese farmer.
I live in a horny hand that hoes land all day for a crop.
I can’t be pretty.

Have U ever pondered on a question?
Have U ever wiped your sweat?
Have U ever keep silent
to listen to your hard breath?

If U’ve ever,
why don’t we come together?
My loving heart
holds the sweetest honey.

If U’ve never
I will wait for U.
My compassionate heart
holds the sweetest honey.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Eddie Roa 03 February 2009

Regardless of birth and background anyone can be pretty. People born in high places of society do not have a monopoly on beauty. A person with a compassionate heart has more beauty than a beauty queen. Nice poem. If you have time read some of my poems. Eddie Roa

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