Beautiful

I look into the mirror

And say I am ugly

Then I hear your voice

Saying you are beautiful to me

I may think I am nothing

But you made me something

You gave me my days

To be who you made me

A person with creativity

Someone to shine for you

Though I don’t feel I can

So you give me the strength

You are there when I wander

In the dark and lonely woods

Taking my hand

Leading me back

Back to an understanding

That I am not ugly

But made in your image

I am beautiful

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2018