PULCHRITUDE

PULCHRITUDE,
PLENTY IS AT OUR DOORSTEP
THE VERY SIGHT OF BEAUTY 
FACED BY FAILURE OF RECOGNITION
STRIPPED OF CONFIDENCE 
BEAUTY COMES WITH DIFFERENT NAME ,SHAPE AND SIZE 
I CANNOT BE THE ONE TO JEOPARDIZE 
FAT OR SLIM
TALL OR DWARF
DISFIGURED OR FLAWLESS 
REJECTED BY HEARTS AND MINDS OF MEN 
BUT WORST EVEN BY OURSELVES
DEPRESSION AS A PROBLEM CAUSED BY OLD WAYS OF THINKING 
BEING BEAUTIFUL IS BEING NATURAL IN YOUR OWN WAY 
BEAUTY WITH OR WITHOUT MAKE - UP 
IS QUITE FINE 
JUST LIKE BEAUTY IN A RARE DESIGN
STILL MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR 
HAPPINESS LIES NOT IN THE MERE POSSESSION OF MONEY 
OF PREPARING THE BODY FOR A NEW LOOK 
HPPINESS LIES IN TRUE SOUL , INNER PEACE ,INNER ME 
THE MONEY CHANGERS HAVE FLED FROM THEIR HIGH SEATS 
THAT RESOLUTION IS THE SUBJECT OF ANOTHER SPEECH 
LOVE THE INNER AND OUTER BEAUTY OF LIFE 
FOR THE ONLY THING TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF 
AM NOT RICH ON WHAT I OWN 
NO FAMOUS DESIGNER CAN MAKE ME NOT FIT IN  MY CLOTHES 
NO IDOL CAN MAKE ME NOT FEEL BEAUTIFUL
I DON'T NEED TO BE PHOTSHOP TO EMBRACE MY BEAUTY
ONE OF THE GREATEST THING ABOUT PULCHRITUDE IS VARIETY
BLACK,INDIAN,PUERTO RICAN ,WHITE , ASIANS , NO ENVY 
WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND PLENTY 
SO REAL AND NOT IMAGINARY
APPEALING TO ALL SENSES
SEE MY HEART AND NOT MY SKIN
HEAR MY VOICE AND NOT MY POCKETS
TOUCH MY SOUL AND NOT MY LEGAL TENDER SINS
TASTE MY CULTURE AND NOT JUDGE
SMELL MY PULCHRIDE IT RAINS LIKE SHOWERS FROM ABOVE 
 

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