Sharing Our Innermost Thoughts

PRETTY IS A LIE

What if I told you, the word ‘pretty’ is a skin

deep, six letter prison they put you in.

They say, “If you lost some weight, you’d be so pretty”

They say, “If your skin was clearer, you’d be so pretty”

But what they really mean is, "If only you looked

like our mass-produced ideal, you’d be so pretty."

Let me tell you a secret they do not want you to know,

nothing about you is pretty nor will it ever be so. You see, pretty is too small and simple a word to capture

the exquisitely complex human phenomenon you are,

every atom of you was plucked in the quiet cosmic moments between supernovas and stars,

A carefully chosen palette of your skin, your eyes,

your muscles and bones from sunsets and skies.

So when they tell you about how pretty you could be if only Cut them off and say ‘pretty’ is nor your worth or value nor something you have ever aspired to be.

Nikita Gill