SOMETIMES INSECURITIES CAN MAKE ME FEEL INADEQUATE. IT TOOK A CLOSE FRIEND, TO MAKE ME FEEL MORE WHOLE AS A PERSON. THIS IS A POEM DEDICATED TO HIM.

MY FACE

SOME PEOPLE SAY MY FACE

IS PRETTY TO SEE

BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW

IS IT'S NOT REALLY ME

IT TOOK A CLOSE FRIEND

TO MAKE ME KNOW

IT'S WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE

NOT WHATS OUTSIDE FOR SHOW

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SCARED

THAT WHEN I GOT OLD

THAT ONE ONE WOULD WANT ME

AND MY HEART WOULD GROW COLD

HE SAID KIM THAT'S NOT TRUE

I CAN TELL YOU NO DOUBT

CUZ WHAT I SEE ON THE INSIDE

IS MORE PRETTY THAN OUT

YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD FRIEND

THAT TO ME YOU WILL BE

JUST AS PRETTY AS NOW

WHEN YOU TURN 83

SO NOW I HAVE LEARNED

THAT THE BEAUTY MEN CHASE

IS WHAT'S IN MY HEART

AND NOT IN MY FACE

BY KIMBERLY LEIGH BRASHER