Beautiful
Spoken Word by Ashley Hale
Spoken Word by Ashley Hale
You’re
beautiful, wonderful, unique and divine
Intelligent
and precious, you’re one of a kind
Do you ever
stop and think about the power of words?
The
impactful experience of all we have heard?
My wombyn,
my sisters, colleagues, and friends
I tell you these
things in an attempt to mend
The broken
hearts and lies we tend to defend
The cyclical
injustice with seemingless end.
I tell you
these things, cause the world does not care
When they
judge your beauty by the style of your hair
But our
makeup is more than what we wear on our face
It runs so
deep, it cannot be erased
In your
veins runs the blood, of the women of our past
Through education
and strength, their pain will not last
Their beauty
lies in their vibrant contrast
Let us learn
from this, for its time to recast
The mold
we’ve been told most hold us fast
Its time to reevaluate
the power of a word
They draw
their strength from the meanings inferred
This power
does not come from the letters that make it
It comes in
reception, how we choose to take it
So when you
hear these words of negativity
Strip them
of their power, do not let them be
Just because
it is spoken, doesn’t mean that its true
Just because
it’s directed, doesn’t apply it to you
Think about
your experience, and all you’ve been through
Only then
may we attempt to finally construe
The value of
self, that comes from the internal
Forsaking
the lies of oppressors external
Youre
beautiful, wonderful, unique and divine
Intelligent
and precious, youre one of a kind
Like all
other words, these have no power
The impact
they have, you choose in this hour
But insult
or praise, we tend to devour
The
judgments that others choose to shower
So who will
you be, we all must choose
Stop playing
their game and you cannot lose
Sight of
what’s right, lets stop this abuse.
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