The Value of Beauty

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the way someone looks,

or the way they learn from books?

Is it the girl who is a size two,

or the girl that is only ever true?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it a spray tan and blonde hair,

or a personality filled with care?

Is it someone tall and sporty,

or someone shy and nerdy?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the girl that does everything to fit in,

or the girl that treats each soul like kin?

Is it the guy the cheats to be "cool",

or the one that always acts like a fool?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the boy who thinks he is not good enough,

or the guy that overpowers a girl to feel buff?

Is it the girl that likes to get undressed,

or the girl that has nothing but knows she is blessed?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the girl that is after your money,

or the girl that finds you funny?

Is it the girl walking passed Mr. Right,

or the girl that is willing to fight?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the boy after your heart,

or the boy lurking around the mini mart?

Is it the boy in a suit and tie,

or the boy that only knows how to lie?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the boy that treats you like a queen

or the insecure girl that is only ever mean?

Is it the type of girl you find in bed,

or the one that you want to wed?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the guy that cheats,

or the guy in his room with his beats?

Is it the guy that gives you the time of your life,

or the guy that knows only how to create strife?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the girl that doesn't need a boy,

or the girl that treats every boy, like a toy?

Is it the girl that fills you with doubt, or the girl you cannot live without?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the boy that protects you,

or the one that ditches you for his crew?

Is it the boy that chases after you through the rain,

or the one that is the cause of your pain?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the boy that catches you fall,

or the one that pretends not to know you at all?

Is it the boy who showers you with hugs and kisses,

or the one that doesn't know what he misses?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the girl that chases famous guys,

or the guys trying to live up to the lies?

Is it the girl that treats you like Superman,

or the girl that treats you like a crushed can?

What does beauty mean today?

Is it the boy that aims to succeed,

or the boy that has never done a good deed?

Is it the girl that forces herself not to eat,

or the girl that expresses herself through her feet?

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is infinite,

not something definite.

Beauty is happiness and joy

not the time you spend chasing a boy.

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is being who you are

not hiding yourself in a jar.

Beauty is being perfectly imperfect

not forcing your flaws to correct.

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is knowing you are strong

not having to prove others wrong.

Beauty is empowering everyone

not being rude to have fun.

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is not caring what others think

not overpowering someone to shrink.

Beauty is bringing light to the dark

not feeding others to the shark.

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is knowing what you are worth

not being the cause of hell on earth.

Beauty is knowing what you stand for

not letting someone throw it out the door.

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is doing the right thing, evens if it's hard

not a date at the junkyard.

Beauty is never compromising yourself

not letting someone treat you like a bookshelf.

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is knowing how to be true

not letting others define you.

Beauty is being a true friend

not cheating on your girlfriend.

What does beauty mean today?

Beauty is seeking knowledge

not blowing off college

Beauty can be anything and everything

unless it's an amoral thing.