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"Beauty is not Beautiful"
  by *Humbled* PoEtRisT


Big Titties
Small waist
Fat ass
Pretty face
Not just the lyrics to a hip hop song
But
Images that are
subliminally hidden
In
Mother, Wife, Sister
Women
Misconstrued perspectives lead to
False objectives that create
the parameters of worth
Measured by scales
and Carb counts
Where beauty isn’t in the eye of the beholder
It has been set and it doesn’t look like you or me
But Im Happy
Because
Beauty is not beautiful
Beauty is the body of a 13 year old girl
Lying motionless on the linoleum tile
Rivulets of blood seeping from deep slits
in wrists
Staining pages of a magazine
With images of flat stomachs and big
tits
Beauty
leads you to conclude
that a better you should wear
a size 2
And A better you should vomit
the food
Then hide it in zip-loc bags
so no one knows the truth
But its hard to hide
Concave chests
Bald heads
And
Acid-degraded smiles
Add tracks
Plaster M.A.C
So thick that you no longer
recognize
the natural glow of your skin,
the slight curve of your lips
Doing fucked up proportionalities
the prettier I am, the more looks I'll recieve
more looks = more love
Then Ill become a wifey
And society caters to this mentality
A fix to every affliction
firmer breasts? Latavi
new face? plastic surgery
thinner thighs? Bally’s
Hell you can become a virgin again
with the miracles of surgery
Real beauty
Is easy to comprehend
Because
The truly beautiful
are the one’s that don’t give a damn
That there’s a dimple in her right thigh
Her breasts are not as high
There’s a bit of jiggle when she walks by
Cause she knows that the dimple…
is just a remnant of a
smile that has traveled from her lips
and settled somewhere below her hips
The slight sag of her breasts is
from nursing
future revolutionaries
That will grow up and change this
narrow concept of beauty
And that jiggle, that jiggle has
brought many a man to his knees
Or better yet brought many a man
to HER knees
to feed on the knowledge that flows
from her mouth with ease
True beauty
is not on the cover
of Vogue, Vibe,
or portrayed by
Videos Hoes
Doesn’t need stilettos
Or the Validation of a Man
So All my women
Repeat as You Stand
Beauty is not Beautiful
But Damn
I AM!

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Date Submitted: Jul 20, 2007 (08:59 PM)
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  PainIsMyDrive
10/20/09 (02:10 AM) 
real nice i feel you on this its hot its a motivation to me and many more im sure

  da black princ...
10/20/09 (01:19 AM) 
I\"m glad you brought this piece back. There\'s so much truth in this. I especially wish black women would stop trying to fit in to a certain look, because I know my sistas are beautiful just like God created them. I give you much props on this piece. Peace.

  FacesofME
10/20/09 (12:20 AM) 
Thank you for this.

  poetic crack
10/19/09 (11:50 PM) 
brilliant piece very well recieved great message and flow ,the line breaks were crazy i really enjoyed ur poem that was real poetry a fav 4 me

  Ciara
10/19/09 (11:43 PM) 
~StAnDiNg OvAtIoN~ Girl this is the best write I have came across in a long while...lol... U definitely spoke the truth thru the ink that u let bleed on this piece... This should be an anthem or somethin like the pledge of alligence...lol.. this is a fire piece *Poet* Applause..

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