(Raise Your Voice) Amy and Morgan (a poem)

Raise Your Voice

Amy and Morgan

Written June 11th, 2011

Everyone wants to know Amy,

Generous and sweet as can be

Wise for her age and a bright future ahead

Giving up her time to help others instead

She's the one to go to when you're feelin down

She always knows just what to say to turn that frown

But Amy doesn't see herself that way

Up late cryin after what happened today

Walking behind girls down the hall

She heard something not meant for her ears at all

"Amy is so damn fat,

Never seen anyone with rolls like that!"

Now she's looking in the mirrors

Into her eyes full of tears

Clinging to the beauty inside

But she can't ignore her body, hard as she may try

She wants to crawl out of her skin

And she wishes she was more like Morgan.

Morgan is known for beauty

Tan and thin with eyes deeper than the sea

Long silken hair, black as night

She won't give up her heart without a fight

She makes heads turn as she walks down the hall

Yet she doesn't have many friends at all

Her appearance is all they know

Any deeper, no one bothers to go

Quiet and solitary, emotionless as ice

She walks alone in this world of eyes

Lots to say, but with no one to confide

She's become and idol of beauty with nothing inside

Now she's looking into the mirrors

At her body, filled with fears

Clinging to the beauty outside

But she can't ignore her eyes, hard as she may try

She doesn't know how to set herself free

And she wishes she was more like Amy.

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We are all beautiful in our own ways. It's our job to embrace them, and our flaws. If we accept ourselves, we can accept others. Stop wishing you were like someone else, and start growing on yourself. Because you never know if someone you idolize actually looks up to you too.