Beautiful

They will tell you there is a certain way,
only one way,
to be beautiful. 

Think thin, they say.
Beachy waves and Blemish free, 
they say. 

But you are 
crazy curls,
spattered freckles,
and a gap tooth grin,
curves,
with their own set of rules. 

you are 'imperfect'.

which is brilliant,
because you can't be replicated,
repeated,
or improved.

you were born to be your own brand. 

And - ultimately,  if you can bring love, encouragement, and joy into a room,

You're the only kind of beautiful that really counts anyways.