you are beautiful

You are beautiful no matter what they say, their words shouldn't bring you down.
-Christina Aguilera


It is not a cake its your face
Its a segment of your essence and it baffles me
your insistence
on making it an experimental place
all manner of powders all sorts of creams
you are beautiful even when you don't put on your artificial mask.

It is a process
It is a task
It is an effort to put up that act
A silent emotional pact
Made from the mind sworn at the heart
That all that you do will be false from the start
you are beautiful despite the insecure inner crust