Beautiful

Beautiful
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.