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A beautiful flaw


"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" Beauty however sees only its flaws Beauty doesn't know they're beautiful flaws Beauty is a rose The rose has been beaten down by the wind Beauty is the rose The rose sees its petals falling apart A beautiful flaw The rose has been stepped on Beautiful is this rose The rose sees a broken stem A beautiful flaw The rose has pricked many before Beautiful rose The rose sees wild unkept hurtful thorns A beautiful flaw The rose only sees flaws But He who has sown the seed of the rose takes great care of her When she blossomed He saw it was good When the time comes He will pick her up and take her He will put her in a glass vase to show the rest To show her beautiful fanned petals, her beautiful twisted stem, her beautiful trimmed thorns All of them beautiful flaws of the rose And a rose Or daffodil, or dandelion, or daisy By any other name Is just As Sweet
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