Everyday I used to walk
With my head down.
Everyday I used to talk,
While looking at the ground.
I couldn’t look people in the eye,
I was too ashamed of what they’d see.
I was afraid that I might begin to cry,
Because I wasn’t the person I wanted to be.
I used to avoid looking into the mirror at all.
If I did, I’d slowly pick myself apart.
It took all my strength not to start to bawl,
But one day I finally looked into my heart.
I realized that my value is not determined by what I see,
And I no longer feel the need to run and hide.
It’s not what’s on the outside that makes me *me*,
But the passion and love I have deep inside.
And I went out today, and looked people in the eye.
I wouldn’t let them define me by my looks.
I smiled and chatted, and waved goodbye;
I would have been liked, even by crooks.
So let me share with you what I have learned,
That “beauty†is only a state of mind.
It is something that has to be earned,
So be willing to leave your “ugly†past behind.
