Ugly I am, Ugly I will be
With a face only a mother will love
Spawn of Ogres, progeny of Beasts
I walk amongst men if they’re fit to be called
A pariah amongst my clan, deracinated for the way I look
Laughed at and derided, because my genetic code wasn’t written with a pen but charcoal
But…
When you’re falling off a cliff and need one last rope. When you need an extra hand and something to hold. Does the presence of my grotesque grace fill you with fear or fill you with hope? Now, you will touch me because you need me? You wretched soul. If you almost drowned, will you hate for my lips to press against yours? So you wouldn’t kiss me, but you’ll gladly accept mouth to mouth resuscitation? You selfish ghoul. You wouldn’t hate it when my hands reach for your chest and when I press it, to get the rivers out of your collapsing lungs? Would you let me view your womanhood when you are dying from the pangs of labor, trying to bring a child, already cursed to be birthed by such wickedness? Now you see! I have flesh and blood, skin and bones just like you. I chose not the way I appear, but I choose the way I will appear. Till we recognize that the color of the balloon does not determine how high it rises, but the content of what’s in it, this world will not know peace.
If you were blind,
Would you love me?
Ugly I was, Ugly I’m not.
It’s not me, but the world is ugly within
“Stop every form of discrimination”
Obinna Okechukwu
This is really cool! I love the metaphor it’s so original! nice work.
Maze
Thanks a lot!!
S
LOVE. No okay I’m actually officially a Fan.
Maze
Thank you very much…:) Really appreciate it.
EBONIKA
this is nice. i LOVE!!!!i am your number 1 fan.
Coolprincee
splendid master piece
what can i say?
I’m jealous of dis1
EBONIKA
I love this one! The words breathe meaning…it’s Temi,by the way.
EBONIKA
I can’t get enough of this particular one. It’s wonderful. It passes the message across in an apt manner. Big ups. Bless.
Lowla Dee
U have been a star from the beginning! Big ups. Great start.
slim
I’m glad I know you.
Your blog and all that’s in it is beautiful to me. Well done.
iamRapengine
This is nice, very nice and creative.
'loso
This is soo beautiful and real, if it was me too, I will be filled with such bitterness.
Kanyin
Honest. Pure. I thirst for much more.
CuriousShe
Awesome write up! I especially like how it has a message to it. *thumbs up*
Dolly
I love love this 1! *thumbs up*
awizii
And this is why it hurts when people are insulted because of the way they look. Pray, can one make oneself pretty to look at? Hard for most to realize that the beauty within is what is most attractive and can be made more beautiful every time, like a sculptor on a work of art, chipping away all the rough bits and pieces of personality and making a masterpiece a beauty to behold..on the inside.
Great stuff man. I’m a fan.
Jael
lol.. Funny that Ugly is a beautiful piece..